maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
to become overgrown; to grow thick; to spread; to run rampant; to thrive
remarkable; striking; obvious
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
Japanese style; Japanese model; Japanese way
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
individualism; egoism; selfishness
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
acceleration; speeding up
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
March; third month of the lunar calendar
archipelago; chain of islands
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
Great East Japan earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tōhoku earthquake; Tohoku earthquake; Sendai earthquake
area struck (by some disaster); location of a disaster
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
how many people; a number of people
source of one's livelihood; one's bread and butter
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
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.)
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
life; living; I; me; student
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance
originally; by nature; from the start