planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
document; official papers
easy to see; easy to read; easy to understand; (arch.) easy to look at; (arch.) attractive
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
outward appearance; apparent
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
compound sentence; sentenced formed of two independent clauses; important cultural property; important cultural asset
important cultural property; important cultural asset
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
maintenance; preservation; improvement
administration costs; administrative expenses; management costs
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
trial calculation; preliminary calculation; estimation
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
how long; how far; how much
general; popular; common; typical
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
being extremely fond of; having a weakness for; having no eye for; being a poor judge of; having no chance (of succeeding)
coping method; approach; how to deal with (problem, etc.)
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
transfer; assignment; conveyance
traffic conditions (e.g. heavy traffic); transportation situation (e.g. bad roads)
reopening; resumption; restarting
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
from the viewpoint of; according to
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
base support (e.g. for a party in an election); substrate; load bearing layer; supporting layer