numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
department store; department
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
how many years; how long; what year
business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy
reopening; resumption; restarting
setback; deadlock; standstill; impasse; miscarriage
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
having an ancient and honorable origin
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family; imperial Shinto shrine
handrail; railing; banister
to lean on; to recline on; to rely on; to depend on
sunlight; rays of the Sun
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
central part; heart (of a city)
originally; by nature; from the start
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
featureless (face); expressionless; flat; flat (terrain); smooth
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
Mt.; Mount; (fig.) Mt.; (fig.) Mount
home area; home town; local