decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
female friend; woman friend
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
surname; family name; last name
disorderly; messy; absurd; unreasonable; very; extremely
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
coastline; shoreline; coastal railway
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
physical work; manual labour (labor)
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
mainland; the country proper; native country; country where one was born; pure land; Buddha realm
unique; peculiar; singular
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
leading part; leading actor; leading actress
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
road approaching a shrine
viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to protrude
whole year; all year round; always; all the time; during an era; middle class (of a nursery school, etc.)
and; thereupon; because of that
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
ripple (on water); wavelets
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
coexistence; living together