spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
based on; built on; made from
bank; weir; embankment; levee
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
I got it; I see; I now know; so that's the reason
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; MLIT
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
personal; individual; private
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
mostly; almost; nearly; roughly; approximately; about
to be photographed; to be projected
rising water (of river, lake, etc.); swelling water; increased water; high water
pull; patronage; tug; room to move the camera back; drawing back; pulling back
computer graphics; CG; computer-generated imagery; CGI
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
appointed date of delivery; delivery time; due date for payment; period for payment; deadline (for payment or delivery)
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
middle ten days of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
workload; quantity of work; work rate; units produced
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
brittle; fragile; weak; tender-hearted; sentimental; easily moved
to work (for, at, in); to be employed (at); to finish (a term); to serve (e.g. a sentence); to conduct (a ceremony); to perform (a Buddhist memorial service)
outsourcing; contracting out; ordering with an outside supplier
memo book; memo pad; notebook; notepad; scratchpad; scratch pad
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
somewhat larger (amount); quite a lot; a little more (than usual); a little extra
to become stiff (of muscles); to get absorbed in; to develop a passion for; to be elaborate; to be intricate
to look old-fashioned; to be antique-looking
provisional; temporary; tentative; interim
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
to make a payment via bank deposit transfer; to discard another player's winning tile