land subsidence; decline in influence
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
asphalt road; blacktop; tarmac road
ditch with running water; drainage channel
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to play a leading role; to play a central part
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
March; third month of the lunar calendar
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
customer traffic; customers; custom
first thing in the afternoon
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
rejection (of an application)
young person; youth; young
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
health; healthy; sound; fit
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
audience (with a person of high standing); eye-level
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
to employ; to hire; to charter
rather; better; instead; if anything
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
stealthy steps; soft steps
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
more; much more; step; rung; paragraph; passage
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
to house; to contain; to carry (a baby); to be pregnant; (arch.) to give lodging to; (arch.) to accommodate
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
one by one; one each; one at a time
loading (on board); equipping; equipped (with); built-in
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage