Hiroshima prefecture (Chūgoku area)
willpower; energy; vitality
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
Hiroshima (city, prefecture)
vindictive; tenacious; persistent; spiteful; vengeful
roots of grass; (fig.) places hidden from sight; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to become stronger; to grow in intensity; to grow violent; to invite contributions, etc.; to solicit help, participation, etc.; to recruit (e.g. soldiers)
extract; excerpt; selection
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
underground; subterranean
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
serious; not joking; straight
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
punishment (of an enemy); chastisement
one's heart; one's mind; one's intentions
dosa (ill will, antipathy); irateness; anger
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
to be able (to do); to be capable (of doing)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
does not match (one's, its) appearance
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
lawless; outrageous; insolent; rude; inexcusable; unpardonable
(not so) much; (not) very
accompanying; travelling together; traveling together; same bank
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
leaving one's seat (before an event is over); excusing oneself (from a meeting, conversation, etc.)
to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
first act (play, ballet, opera, etc.)
sign; indication; omen; symptom
that; the matter in question
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse