prosperity; thriving; flourishing
cultural assets; cultural property
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
(under) metropolitan government management
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
late at night; at a late hour
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
sleeping pill; sleep medication
to drug (someone, food, drink)
uninhabited area; acting inhumanly; inhuman person; nonhuman life (usu. sentient)
carnivore; carnivorous animal
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
regulation; (traffic) policing; control; restriction
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
item; something that one "just has to have"
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
frightening (of the future); worrying; scary; ominous; portentous
not; nonexistent; not being (there)
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid
family vacation; family trip
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi
main shrine; inner sanctuary
road approaching a shrine
many torii; torii corridor
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
equality; impartiality; evenness
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
Chinese firebird; Chinese phoenix
Buddhist temple; religious building; church; cathedral
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration