grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
grasshopper; locust (of superfamily Acridoidea)
to fall off; to tumble down
predation; eating prey; preying upon
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
receiving (a message, letter, email, etc.); reception (radio, TV, etc.)
to grow hot (e.g. water); to boil; to get excited (at); to erupt (in applause, cheering, etc.); to ferment; to melt (of metal)
progress; advance; improvement; development
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
reason; cause; circumstances
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
Kōchi prefecture (Shikoku)
fields (of rice and other crops)
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident