country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
praise; admiration; commendation; approbation
price; cost; value; worth; value
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
Kagoshima (city, prefecture)
Miyazaki (city, prefecture)
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
trouble; problem; mess; difficulty; nuisance
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
doing whatever one pleases
restlessly; aimlessly; to loiter; to drift; to be restless; to fuss
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
to be enraged; to flip out
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
Blue Impulse (JASDF aerobatic team)
training; drill; practice; discipline
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
dango; dumpling (usu. sweet); ball-shaped object; something round; lump; group
spit; skewer; proxy (computer server)
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
to extend; to stretch out; to attend; to participate in; to enrol; to enroll
long, straight, wide-open highway
running swiftly; running at full speed
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
to face; to go towards; to head towards