Kansaibunkagakujutsukenkyuu (city)
flower; blossom; cherry blossom; beauty; blooming (esp. of cherry blossoms); ikebana; hanafuda
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
proposal; motion; recommendation
city planning; urban planning; town planning
Omron Corporation (Japanese electronics firm)
Nara Institute of Science and Technology; NAIST
to smash violently; to crush
fruit of a tree; nut; berry
Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
Kumamoto (city, prefecture)
academic study; academic research
Harima (former province located in the southwestern part of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)
Harima Science Garden City
Seto Inland Sea; Inland Sea
to face on; to look out on to
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
Okayama (city, prefecture)
introduced species; non-native species; alien species
(one) could even say that
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
ruin; fall; collapse; downfall; bankruptcy
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
ignorance; (lack of) enlightenment or civilization (civilisation); unenlightened; uncivilized; uncivilised
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to explain adequately; to be accountable
(all) at once; at the same time; in one go; right away; in an instant
the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more