city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
eruption; volcanic eruption
assistance; backing; reinforcements
double helix (structure of DNA)
thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko
artificial hairpin with ornamental flowers; chamomile sunray (Rhodanthe anthemoides)
flower fastened in the hair
imperial coronation crown; celestial crown; crown worn by Buddha and celestial beings
simmer; bubble out; flow out
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
calming down; quieting down
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
dozens; scores of; decades
second (unit of time); arc second
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
not at all; don't worry about it; forget about it
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
storage room; storeroom; closet; grayish blue
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
parents' day (day when parents observe their children in school)
athletic meet (esp. at a school); sports day; field day; sports festival
to make time; to carve out some time (to do something)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
finally; in the end; after all that; eventually; on top of all that
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
parent-child relationship
look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out; (arch.) to lose motivation; (arch.) to get discouraged
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
Fukuoka (city, prefecture)
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)