Vocabulary

existing nonconforming building; building that no longer conforms to current laws or regulations (because of changes in said laws or regulations)

application for building confirmation

ordinary national road; non-expressway national road

City Planning Act

development permit

Land Readjustment Act

Specific Administrative Agency; municipality or public body which has an appointed building officer and is responsible for issuing building certifications

building officer (responsible for issuing building certifications, etc.)

security value; surety value

life coach

gratitude; gratefulness; thanking; thanksgiving

non-rebuildable property; property on which new buildings cannot legally be erected because it lacks access to a road that is at least 4 meters wide

masculine noun

moving house; moving (somewhere new)

up-to-dateness; currentness; currency

Nankai Trough

Diet members' monthly allowance for postage, communication, transport and accommodation

handful of cash

bedplate; sole plate

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

mockingbird

polysynaptic reflex

tax deduction on housing loans

tax reform; tax revision

housing market

land art; Earth art; Earthwork

Earthwork; land art

stable expression

background noise

expert panel; advisory committee

family relationships; one's relationship with one's family

partial lunar eclipse; partial eclipse of the moon

taking precautions against the cold (e.g. by dressing warmly)

empathy; understanding; sensitivity

new urban center

returning to the starting point

vaccinia; cowpox

town hall meeting

(period of) postpartum rage; postpartum irritability

seminal plasma