brilliant; splendid; glorious; magnificent; spectacular
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
opportunity; chance; good time (to do); trend; tendency; momentum
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to palm off; to force a sale
unexpected benefit; sudden profit
to win; to gain; to earn; to spread (one's name, etc.)
wild enthusiasm; being crazy about
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
bankrupt person; insolvent person
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
change in pronunciation or meaning of a word; sound change; word with an altered pronunciation or meaning; turning or twisting part of a text (in Chinese poetry)
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
nowadays; in this day and age
industry; (arch.) livelihood; (arch.) occupation
birdhouse; nest box; bird box; beehive
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
picking; collecting; harvesting
anthesis; flowering season
such; this sort of; like this
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
vagrancy; wandering; nomadism
people; citizens; subjects; folk
lotus flower; Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus); china spoon; lotus-shaped pedestal for a gravestone
Japanese horse chestnut (Aesculus turbinata)