country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to faint; to lose consciousness; to feel overwhelmed; to be astounded
declaration; proclamation; announcement
to collect; to assemble; to gather
characteristic; traditional; peculiar; inherent; native; eigen-
inborn; innate; inherent; a priori
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
bathing; to bathe; to take a bath; to enter a bath
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
from the beginning; from scratch
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
suffix for familiar person
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)