idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
to apologize; to apologise
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
town; city; municipal; urban
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
imagination; supposition; guess
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to be ruined; to go under; to perish; to be destroyed
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
rail car (esp. a small one used in mines, logging, etc.); trolley; tram
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be launched (e.g. rocket); to lift off; to be washed up (on the shore)
so (e.g. so much, so close, so many, so few)
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
tradition; legend; folklore
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
together with; same; both; all; including ...
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
archeologist; archaeologist
such ... as; or some such
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point