mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; mountains and forests
rule; domination; direction; management; control (of one's destiny, public opinion, etc.); governing
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
construction; establishment
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
housing district; residential district
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
because of; on account of; about; on; per; for every
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
the whole school; all the schools
pupil; student; schoolchild
to contain; to comprise; to hold in the mouth; to bear in mind; to understand; to express (emotion, etc.)
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
(positive) economic effect
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
in the capital; in Tokyo; Western Tokyo; areas of Tokyo outside the 23 wards, esp. the Tama area
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
area; region; district; locality
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
inner-city area; city center
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to