to follow in order; to go through step-by-step
site; point on a map; spot
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
from time immemorial; ancient; time-honoured; time-honored
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
town; city; municipal; urban
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
antecedents; ancestor; previous position; previous existence; predecessor organization; predecessor organisation
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
baseline design; preliminary design; basic design
the northeastern (unlucky) direction; person or thing to be avoided; (lit.) the demon's gate; weak point; Achilles' heel
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook
simply put; putting it simply; in short
to live (of animals); to inhabit; to nest
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
(arch.) large river (esp. the Yangtze); Lake Biwa
district; section; sector
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
intersection on a go board
(navigable) canal; waterway
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain)
modernization; modernisation
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
pre-war days; before the war
Tokyo Imperial University
professor; teaching; instruction