purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
filthy; dirty (looking); drab
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
individual; separate; personal; case-by-case
each individual; each person
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
wooden building; wooden architecture
aging; wearing out; deterioration
pre-war days; before the war
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
absorption; suction; attraction
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
closing of a school; closed school
as; because; with; due to
decrease; reduction; decline
news; word; tidings; omen
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into