bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
one eye; one of one's eyes
sludge; slime; chemical ooze
paper mill; paper factory
health hazard; health damage
just a handful; only a small number (of)
land subsidence; decline in influence
marine pollution; oceanic pollution; sea pollution
solution; solution strategy
going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth; itachigokko; Japanese children's game
Silent Spring (book by Rachel Carson, 1962)
chemical substances; chemicals
viewing as a problem; problematizing
endocrine disruptor; endocrine disrupting-chemicals
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
photo book (esp. one featuring photos of female celebrities, models); photobook
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
(bearing a) close resemblance; vivid reminder (e.g. of the past); dim; faint; vague
Taishō romanticism (style of art, architecture, etc.)
individualism; egoism; selfishness
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with