rain dragon;  mythical beast with yellowish green skin and red tail
 town;  block;  street;  road;  109.09 m;  0.99 hectares
 hometown tax;  system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government
 Hokkaido sika (deer) (Cervus nippon yesoensis);  Yezo sika
 corner;  edge;  (street) corner;  turning;  rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.);  abrasiveness
 hobby;  pastime;  tastes;  preference;  liking
 Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
 thousand years;  very long period;  forever
 hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata)
 railroad;  railway;  rail transport
 to cramp;  to be cramped;  to contract
 hand;  arm;  forepaw;  foreleg;  handle;  hand;  worker
 Higashikagawa City (Kagawa)
 dried trepang;  dried sea slug;  dried sea cucumber
 which (of three or more);  well;  now;  c'mon
 to be needed;  to be wanted
 to each his own;  people differ;  different people (have different likes)
 but;  however;  (and) yet;  nevertheless;  still;  for all that
 moustache;  beard;  whiskers (on a cat, etc.);  feelers (on an insect, etc.);  shadow (on a candlestick chart)
 to grow;  to cultivate;  to wear a beard
 dignity;  grace;  nobility;  grade;  quality;  fineness
 to harm;  to hurt;  to injure;  to fail to ...;  to miss one's opportunity to ...
 stubble;  unshaven face;  beard one has because one is too lazy to shave;  5-o'clock shadow
 diligently;  seriously;  perfectly;  properly;  sufficiently;  satisfactorily
 care;  looking after;  repair;  (police) raid;  crackdown
 impossible;  unlikely;  improbable
 first of all;  at once;  right away;  for now;  for the time being
 at first;  at the outset;  to begin with;  as a first step
 to cross (legs or arms);  to link (arms);  to put together;  to construct;  to braid;  to plait;  to grapple
 please (give me);  please (do for me)
 right;  right-hand side;  afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing);  foregoing;  forgoing
 sitting with one's superior;  in attendance
 to work (for);  to be employed (at);  to serve (as);  to act (as);  to conduct a religious service
 prefix for forming ordinal numbers
 as (i.e. in the role of);  for (i.e. from the viewpoint of);  apart from... (used to change the topic);  even (e.g. "not even a single person");  thinking that...;  trying to...
 future (usually near);  prospects
 management;  administration;  operation
 good;  advantage;  sake;  purpose;  consequence;  result
 various;  varied;  diverse;  all sorts of