survival; survivor; relic
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
to shine; to look slightly upward (of a noh mask; indicating joy, etc.)
setting sun; decline (e.g. of industry)
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
beginning (of a century, etc.)
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
to become hollow (with age, illness, etc.); to be scrawny; to be thin
school district; school area
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
grace (of God); divine favour; benefit; efficacy
to make laugh; to set to laughing
god (esp. the Christian God)
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
breakthrough; great discovery
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened
change in a bus route; change in policy; policy change (reversal)
to be discouraged; to shrink from
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
point in question (at issue)
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
subdivision; segmentation; fractionalization; fragmentation