townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
1,000,000; one million; million; many
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
feeling good; feeling pleasant
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to eat greedily; to devour; to wolf down; to gobble up
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
several times; once or twice
light (color, taste, etc.); faint (e.g. smell); pale; faint (feeling, hope, etc.); fleeting; slight
grasping; gripping; handful; fistful; handle; grip; onigiri
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
scrap wood; waste wood; waste; waste material; scrap material
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
technical official; technical officer
improvement project; construction plan; maintenance plan; maintenance schedule; maintenance program
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
demolition; pulling down; destruction; dismantling
public facilities; utilities
system of government; government structure
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
to manage a state; to govern a country
natural disaster; natural calamity; act of God
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
effective control (over territory); working control
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
unproductive; counterproductive