room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
society; public; community; social studies
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
people; race; nation; ethnic group; ethnos
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
(made of) stone; stone-built
retaining warmth; keeping heat in; heat insulation
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
doing whatever one pleases
Europe and America; the West
individualism; egoism; selfishness
prototype; model; pattern; archetypal
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
construction; architecture (of buildings)
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
surface; face; outside; exterior; appearances; superficiality
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing