carefree; free from worry
provisional; temporary; tentative
the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
one (esp. of two); the other; one way; on the other hand
back country; remote countryside
increase in activity; activation
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
lime; quicklime; caustic lime
breadcrumbs; panko; bread flour
association (of ideas); being reminded (of something); suggestion
to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off
carbonization; carbonisation
each house; every house; many houses
in the meanwhile; during the time
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
several people; a few people
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
democracy; popular sovereignty; Democratic Party (esp. DPJ)
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
underclasses; poorest segment of the population; the poor
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
national polity; National Athletic Meet
calamity; disaster; catastrophe
still (continuing); as ever; further
clinical (e.g. pathology, physiology)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib