carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
very popular; highly favoured
to praise extravagantly; to lionize; to lionise; to make much of
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
severe (illness, disability, etc.); serious
favoritism; favouritism; partiality
epicenter (of an earthquake); epicentre; source (of a rumor, incident, etc.); origin
calming down; quieting down
marriageable age; chance of marriage
postponement; moving back
early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
unbroken; uninterrupted; continuous
transportation access; access to (public) transportation; convenience of access (by road or rail); transport links
payment (to the government, authorities, etc.); land tax (often paid in rice); tribute
exemption; exoneration; discharge
disturbance; riot; mayhem
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
discretion; discretionary power
mobilization order; mobilisation order
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
discretion; judgement; judgment
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
territory; domain; dominion; possession
self-government; autonomy; local (governmental) autonomy
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern); umbrella with bull's-eye pattern
unusual appearance; extraordinary countenance; striking features
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
nothing but (this); no more than (this); none other than
shithead; bastard; fucking; bloody; damned
our country; our land; one's own country
long (time); longstanding; for a long time