story; tale; talk; discussion
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
temple; shrine; sanctuary
to plunder; to capture; to seize; to snatch away; to steal; to grab away
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
extremely rich person; multimillionaire; billionaire; daifugō; daihinmin; card game similar to President
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
genuine article; real thing; real deal
symbol (of something abstract); emblem; (symbolic) representation
tax planning; tax reduction strategy
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
every year; yearly; annually
hundred million; 100,000,000; 10^8
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
explosive; blasting powder
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden