taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
urbanization; urbanisation
town; city; municipal; urban
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
residence; housing; residential building
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
killing and wounding; bloodshed
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
going into a frenzy; flying into a rage
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
atrocious crime; heinous crime
curiosity-seeking; bizarre (crime, etc.); grotesque; abnormal
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
Kansai; region consisting of Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto and surrounding prefectures; Kansai; south-western half of Japan (during the feudal era)
new residential area; new residential development
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
model; standard; pattern; norm; criterion; example
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
very young; little; childish; immature
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; letting out stress; letting out feelings
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
reflection (light, image, situation, attitude, etc.); reflecting; influence; application (e.g. of an update)
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush