development; exploitation
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
to continue to rain or snow
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
entrance; front door; entryway; entranceway; entry hall; vestibule
unnatural; artificial; false; forced (e.g. smile); empty (e.g. compliments)
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
security firm; security company
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
older sister; elder sister
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
it's been a long time; long time no see
suitable; appropriate; becoming; fitting
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
university student; college student
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
protective household deity in Tōhoku, appearing as a red-faced child spirit with bobbed hair
wall clock; grandfather clock
echo; reverberation; response; reaction; repercussions
beginning of autumn; beginning of fall
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
(Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics