prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
Golden Week (early-May holiday season in Japan)
three-day weekend; long weekend; three holidays in a row
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
suburban districts (of a metropolis); within an urban-prefecture
to be annoyed (by); to be offended (at); to be irritated (with)
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
mass communication; mass media
weekly publication; weekly magazine
university student; college student
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
expiry date; use-by date; date of expiry
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
salty sea breeze; salt wind
riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
experiential; empirical; experimental
Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)
cowardly; craven; unfair; mean; sneaky
to have a smattering knowledge of
intermission during a performance (e.g. variety show, play, sumo, etc.); temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance, during which time they change costumes, etc.)
autumn, the harvest season
cost of one's food; one's board
cotton gloves; working gloves
brilliant; glorious; glittering; bright; splendid (e.g. achievement, success); promising (e.g. future)
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
vulgar; in poor taste; cheap; low-brow