historic; historical; traditional
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
literally; to the letter; literal
memories; recollections; reminiscence
eighteenth day of the month; eighteen days
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
Big Ditch; Mississippi (river)
distributary; tributary; branched flow (river, current, etc.)
flood bypass; floodway; discharge channel; diversion channel
fall; tumble; spill; degradation; comedown; demotion
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
distinction; differentiation; classification
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
twenty-seventh day of the month; twenty-seven days
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
nineteenth day of the month; nineteen days; (arch.) fool; (arch.) simpleton
source, cause of an accident
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
bank; banking institution
assistant (to section manager)
the (civil engineering and) construction industry
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)
smoothly; easily; readily