Yamagata (city, prefecture); mountain shape; chevron; cone
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
bright sunshine; broad daylight
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
hot topic; talk of the town
to grow; to develop; to grow up
isolation; sense of isolation; feeling of being isolated
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
indiscriminate mass murder
artificiality; pretence; contrived act; commission (of a crime); feasance
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.)
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
crack; crevice; fissure; chap; rift
massive earthquake; megaquake
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
being deeply moved emotionally; excitement; passion; inspiration; deep emotion; strong impression
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
to go past; to pass; to pass by
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
clear layer of fluid (at the top of a mixture); supernatant liquid; supernate
manipulation of public opinion
virtual space (e.g. in computer graphics)
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to soothe one's soul; to raise one's spirits
whole story; full picture; full particulars
to divide in two; to divide in half; to apportion; to divide among; to portion out
rating; classification; grading
like that; that way; thus