penance; austerities; mortification; difficult work; strenuous task
whirlwind tour; one-day trip
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
flashy; gaudy; flamboyant
postwar period; period after Second World War
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
sale (usu. of unwanted government assets); disposal
(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of
outside the city; suburbs
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
to remove; to move out of the way
as much as possible; unbeatably; unsurpassably
the whole sky; the firmament; the heavens; the empyrean
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
affable; sociable; friendly
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
general manager; director-general
corner; section; one horn; pillar (of a group, system, etc.); member (of an organization, etc.); first corner
this; our; right; justice; checking account
Japanese style; Nihon-shiki romanization (of Japanese)
Japanese man (esp. with traditional, masculine values); Japanese manhood
washing machine; (clothes) washer
suffix for room numbers; suffix for apartment numbers
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
awamori; strong Okinawan liquor distilled from rice or millet
cheerful; merry; sunny; bright (sky, day, etc.); fine; clear
white fish; fish with white flesh