unexpected; unlikely; terrible; awful; very; extremely
sexual excitement; estrus; oestrus; rut; (coming into) heat
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
Japan's best; number one in Japan
elevation; height above sea level
sightseeing spot; tourist attraction
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, Nara, Wakayama, Mie and Shiga prefectures)
Tōkai region (of Honshu; incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
to continue to rain or snow
closely contested constituency; highly competitive marketplace; (fig.) battleground
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
peace talks; peace negotiations
domestic affairs; internal administration
to catch fire; to be ignited; to ignite; to flare up (of an emotion, controversy, etc.); to blaze; to be ignited (of a dispute, commotion, etc.)
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
whole army; whole team; all armies; all teams
priority level; degree of relative priority
to surge; to well up; to gush out
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
way (of doing things); method; style; school (of ikebana, tea ceremony, etc.); style; system
100,000,000; one hundred million; 10^8
I couldn't care less; not caring less
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land