maintenance; preservation; improvement
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation
to become famous; to gain fame
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
confusion; mixing; merger
to judge (on the basis of); to control; to discipline (oneself); to regulate
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
bodily sensation; sense; experience
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
wrong direction; different direction (from what one expected)
to be twisted; to be wrapped; to be distorted
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to bend backwards; to bend oneself back; to be taken aback
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
to dance down (leaves, petals, etc.); to fall as if dancing
angry voice; one's voice when shouting with anger
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
one end; an end; part; fragment
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
relocation of the capital; transfer of the capital
nodding off (while sitting); dozing
one arm; one's right-hand man; one's right hand
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
being very busy; busyness