priest; (arch.) member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryō system; (arch.) government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto; (arch.) prominent member of a town; river boatman; captain of a riverboat; (arch.) (medieval) harbor manager
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
well-matched (esp. of a couple); becoming; suitable
prattle; broken language; halting language; baby talk; imperfect speech; smattering
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
warm welcome; friendly reception; hospitality; entertainment
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
midwinter; dead of winter
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
few decades; many decades; several decades
hero; bold person; daring person; great person; extraordinary person
talk; story; conversation
to roar; to thunder; to become well known; to become famous; to pound (of one's heart); to throb
main topic; main subject; main issue; this subject
being full; (counting) completed years (e.g. when calculating age); full (years, months, etc.); Manchuria
to do (something) before (something or someone else); to be ahead of (others, the times, etc.)
megaquake; massive earthquake
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
shock; tremor; impact; vibration
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to provide; to arrange; to install
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
another thing; other things; another man's property
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
research institute; (research) laboratory
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to not match well (e.g. at the seams); to not mesh properly (of gears); to differ (e.g. of opinions); to clash; to be in conflict (e.g. with the facts)
to think of; to come up with
particularly; only; in the case of
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
to drive mad; to make insane; to cause a malfunction; to put out of order; to derail (a plan, etc.)
magnetic field; ambience; atmosphere; focal point
to aspire to; to aim for; (arch.) to give a gift (as a token of gratitude, goodwill, etc.); (arch.) to perform a memorial service
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift