new town (esp. planned satellite towns of Osaka Prefecture); new housing development
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
starting (construction) work
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
building lot; residential land
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
returning from school; going home from school
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
public discussion; public criticism; controversy
to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
nuclear power plant accident; nuclear accident
repatriation; return; (electrical) feedback
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
underground; subterranean
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
container (e.g. shipping); skip
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
meditation; contemplation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk