black light; ultraviolet light; UV light
faint; indistinct; dim; vague; subtle; delicate
here and there; everywhere
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
family vacation; family trip
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
the West; the Occident; Western countries
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to connect; to correlate; to associate; to relate; to link
to talk; to carry meaning
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
encyclopedia; encyclopaedia
to turn up; to roll up (e.g. sleeves); to do over and over again; to do relentlessly; to stage a comeback (against) (in mahjong, horse racing, etc.); to come from behind
habitat; home (e.g. of the tiger)
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
before or since; neither before nor after; no other time in one's life; stressing a particular moment or event as being unique or most extreme
legendary; fabled; fabulous
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
integrity; consistency; conformity; compliance
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
creation (of the universe); the Creation
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)