looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
the six elements (earth, water, fire, wind, void, and consciousness)
town; city; municipal; urban
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
proposed site; site chosen
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
that is to say; so that means
in various ways; in all sorts of ways; at every opportunity; whenever there is a chance
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to care for someone; to look after someone
already; now; no longer; not any more
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
hill; height; knoll; rising ground
doctor's office; doctor's surgery; clinic
dwelling; house; residence; address
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
approval; adoption (of a motion, bill, etc.); passage
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
several years; a few years
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
approval; license; licence; permission
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to happen to meet; to come across
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
irritating; irritated; frustrating; vexing; (feeling things are) not quick enough; (feeling) too slow-going