water damage; flood disaster
drought; long spell (period) of dry weather
other side; opposite side; other party
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
contradiction; inconsistency
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
schematic; schema; illustration; explanatory diagram
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
less than ...; smaller ...
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
relation; connection; relevance
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
document; official papers
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
how; in what way; by what means
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
volume of water (in a river, pond, flood, etc.)
amount of precipitation; precipitation
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to say no more; to sink into silence
academic world; academia; academic circles; scientific world; learned circles
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
for the first time in one's life
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
flowers budding; blooming; flowering; showing results; becoming popular; blooming
deep knowledge; attainments; scholarship
evident; plain; distinct; clear