treasury; treasure house; storehouse; treasure trove; rich source (of)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
soil; breeding ground; fertile ground (for); foundation (for the development of ...)
vitality; energy; dynamism
to become better; to improve
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
black ships; Western ships that came to Japan between the 16th and 19th centuries, esp. those of the Perry Expedition in 1853; foreign disruptor (of the Japanese market); product, person, etc. arriving from the West and disturbing the Japanese market
arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship
fengshui practitioner; fengshui master
bearing; heading; point of the compass
the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; five practices of the Bodhisattvas; the five pillars of Islam
Saturday; earth; dirt; land; lands; earth (third of the five elements)
dragon god; dragon king; naga
modernization; modernisation
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature
material civilization; material civilisation
pioneer; leader; taking the initiative; leading an attack; charging ahead of others (towards the enemy)
qi; mysterious life force that makes up everything; spirits; mind; divine atmosphere; mysterious presence
abstract; immaterial; moral; spiritual; intangible
proclamation; official notice; touch; contact
zhen (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: thunder, east)
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
indigenousness; being native (to a region); settling (of people); native; indigenous; aboriginal
earth science; geoscience
international; diplomatic intercourse
uncivilized; uncivilised; undeveloped (land); unexplored (territory, field, etc.); unbloomed (flower)
reform; reformation; reorganization
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to make even; to make smooth; to make level; to average
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
precipitation; deposition; settlement (e.g. of sediment)
long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
to offer; to present; to set someone up in a high position; to revere at a distance; to do respectfully