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Saitama (city, prefecture)
port city; harbour city; harbor city
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
nightlife districts; drinking districts
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to blow fiercely; to rage; (arch.) to play (a flute, etc.) for fun
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
to become rusted together; to become rusted shut; to rust; to become (completely) rusty; to become rusty (of a skill or ability); to become less effective
drum (e.g. oil, gasoline); metal barrel
to throw into; to toss into
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
long ago; already; a long time ago
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
older sister; lass; young lady
salt damage (from seawater, sea air, etc.)
to begin to crumble; to crumble and fall (or collapse) onto another object