seven-to-three ratio; 70-30 split; 70-30 hair part; hairstyle with hair parted in a 70-30 ratio
(act of) building (temple, monument, etc.); erection
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
system; lineage; ancestry; group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); close (evolutionary) relationship
living by oneself; living alone
renovation (e.g. a house); redecoration; refurbishment; makeover; alteration (e.g. of clothes); re-tailoring
father; father (e.g. of a discipline); pioneer (e.g. of field of research); God; Father
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
bringing; taking; carrying
box of sweets (usu. given as a gift)
to name; to call; to christen; to term
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
lease; leasehold; land-lease rights
to lend; to loan; to let out on hire
city planning; urban planning; town planning
in accordance with; according to
Saitama (city, prefecture)
working for a company; being employed by a company
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
deep emotion; strong feelings
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
Great Kanto earthquake (1923)
with curious eyes; curiously
to parry; to sidestep; to dodge
prophet; predictor; prognosticator
prediction; prophecy; prognostication; (religious) prophecy