vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
expression; presentation; representation; notation
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
vocational school; technical school
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
huge rock; massive boulder
Superintendent General of the Metropolitan Police
lese majesty; lèse-majesté
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
Tungus (Tungusic-speaking people, esp. the Evenki)
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to give an impression; to make an impression
Gunma prefecture (Kanto area)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to hand down; to pass on (story or tradition)
type; pattern; model; epitome; exemplar; archetype
hills and fields; hill and dale
hunting; shooting; game; quarry
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
house; dwelling; human habitation
domestic animals; livestock; cattle