garbage can; rubbish bin; trash can; dustbin
pleasure; delight; enjoyment
flour; meal; powder; dust
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
extremely cold feeling that makes one feel numb; sharp pain that is almost numbing; heartrending; touching the heart
edge or corner of a stone
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
study; library; den; home office; reading room
direct connection; direct link
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
views; opinion; discernment; pride; self-respect
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
to rule; to govern; (arch.) to see; (arch.) to look; (arch.) to watch
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
to be believed to; to be expected to; to be feared to; to be poised to; to be considered to; to be likely to
Siberia; cake made with layers of sweet bean paste and sponge cake
Paleolithic; Palaeolithic; Old Stone Age
point in common; common feature
calamity; disaster; misfortune
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
the whole body; the five styles of writing Chinese characters; the five parts of the body (head, two hands and two feet; or head, neck, chest, hands and feet)
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
archeological excavation (archaeological)
mother goddess; earth goddess
idol (i.e. carving or painting of a deity)