to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to rebuild; to reconstruct
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
earth; ground; place; territory; bottom (of a package, book, etc.); earth (one of the five elements)
to increase; to add to; to augment
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
various countries; various regions; various provinces
daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
personnel cut; labor cut; labour cut
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
load; heavy burden; encumbrance; heavy freight; heavy responsibility
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
rebellion; uprising; insurrection; (arch.) treason
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
therefore; thus; well, then ...; that's right; indeed; (arch.) ... on earth?
the Boar (twelfth sign of the Chinese zodiac); the Pig; hour of the Boar (around 10pm, 9-11pm, or 10pm to 12 midnight); north-northwest; tenth month of the lunar calendar
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
secret; private; surreptitious
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion