distortion; falsification; perversion
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
charming; fascinating; enchanting; bewitching; beguiling; captivating
rooftop structure, e.g. tower, elevator machine room, etc.
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
service road; frontage road
(being) fully equipped; (being) fully furnished; completeness
standing statue; standing image
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
toppling sideways; turning sideways; falling over sideways; barrel roll
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
unusual beast; strange beast
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to knead well; to polish; to refine
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
common sense; common knowledge; common understanding
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
sudden rise to power; sudden rise in prosperity
rise and fall; ups and downs