to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
ramen; Chinese-style noodles
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Nagano prefecture (Chūbu area)
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
multiplication table; times table
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
writing (e.g. as a profession)
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
large-scale work; voluminous work; monumental work; great work; masterpiece
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
primary school; elementary school; grade school
residing; living; dwelling
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to rot away; to crumble to dust; to decay completely; to die in obscurity
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to weigh on one's mind; to be worried about (something)
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
one's way back; one's way home
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness