institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
club activities; group activities
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
cooking class; cookery school
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
well-known; noted; celebrated
host country (e.g. for a conference)
topic of discussion; agenda
population ageing (aging)
tendency; trend; inclination
blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
to be too numerous; to be too much
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
potato; French fries; chips; sweet potato
police investigator; investigator
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
wicked ones; bad guys; rascals
causing concern; (lit.) bad for the heart
extermination; annihilation
dancing or jumping for joy
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
porcelain bowl; donburi; bowl of meat, fish, etc. served over rice
warrior; soldier; courageous person; strong person
to feel gloomy; to feel blue; to feel melancholy
as; because; with; due to
harmful effect; harmful influence; evil practice; abuse; malady
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
plaster cast; cast; gypsum; plaster-of-paris
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
furnishings; implements; equipment
stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs