day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
function; facility; faculty; feature
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
chief; main; principal; major
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
war potential; military strength; fighting power; ability (to compete); capabilities; valuable asset
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
cooperation; coordination; link
to begin to overflow; to start overflowing; to pour out
very great; enormous; serious
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
concentration; thickness; density; cardinality
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
prime minister's official residence