very important person; VIP
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
system; organization; organisation; architecture
construction industry; construction business
public works; public-works projects; public utilities
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
live bullets; live ammunition; ball cartridge; money
stomach; breadbasket; inner man; dietary needs
each place; various places
to relax; to feel at home
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis); oceanic bonito; victorfish
turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
island in a pond or river
Iwaki (former province located in the central and eastern parts of present-day Fukushima and southern Miyagi prefectures)
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
bitter orange (Citrus aurantium); sour orange; Seville orange; orange (color, colour)
break in time; interruption; pause
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
halo (esp. in Christian art); nimbus
8000; eight thousand; many
dull-witted; stupid; foolish
thunderous roar; roaring sound
growing light (e.g. at dawn); pale; appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
falling down; lacking the energy to stand; collapsing
duplication; repetition; overlapping; redundancy; restoration