poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
the Industrial Revolution
urbanization; urbanisation
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
development; exploitation
town; city; municipal; urban
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
outskirts; environs (of a city); surrounding area; surroundings
felling timber; cutting down trees; logging; lumbering
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests
to project; to overhang; to stick out; to put up (a notice); to post
Japanese beech (Fagus crenata); Siebold's beech
to fall ill; to suffer from (e.g. a disease); to have something wrong with (e.g. an inner organ)
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
to tread down so as to harden (soil, snow, etc.)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to freeze; to be frozen over; to congeal
dry grass; dead grass; hay; withered grass
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
to fall on one's backside; to be exhausted; to lose strength; to lose one's abilities
suspension (usu. vehicle)
one's last moments; death throes; agony of death
laughing while reminiscing
to shake one's head (in denial)
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
straining (with physical exertion); crying; groaning; huffing and puffing
manual or physical labor; manual or physical labour
to happen to ride together; to share a vehicle; to (operate a) carpool
with a great deal of effort; laboriously
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
discord; disharmony; false note; being out of tune