information; news; intelligence
bringing up to date; progress
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
Yomiuri Shimbun (Japanese newspaper)
tuber; taro; yokel; bumpkin; dud; worthless thing
National Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1947-); Imperial Diet; legislative assembly of Japan (1889-1947); legislative assembly; parliament
incremental difference (e.g. between files); "diff"; difference; subtraction; (finite) differences
use; utility; effect; benefit
anonymity; using an assumed name
Yomiuri (newspaper, etc. group); kawaraban (type of Edo-period single-page newspaper); yomiuri
taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant; specking on flower petals
to rank with; to rank among
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
setting up a stall or booth (bazaar, festival); opening a branch office; opening a store
from ... to; between ... and; or
reading matter; reading material
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
small number; few; minority
bipartite; in two parts; double
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation