in comparison to; rather than
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
fifth day of the month; five days
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
eradication; extermination; destruction; suppression
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
sports park; athletic park; stadium
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
demonstration; protest; (giving a) demo; demonstration; exhibition game; exhibition match
prevention of crime; security (device, camera, etc.)
exercise; physical training; appeal; campaign; motion; movement
contribution (furthering a goal or cause); services (to a cause)
junior high school student; middle school pupil
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
separate day; another day
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
not limited to; not just ...
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); (lit.) stewed potato party
fourth day of the month; four days
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to let loose (e.g. a fart); to utter (e.g. a lie); to do
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
attendance; presence; appearance
underling; person of low standing; grunt; petty (work, official, etc.); minor; lowly
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry