1seg (Japanese terrestrial digital broadcasting service for mobile devices)
third year of elementary school; third year elementary school student
fulling block; wooden or stone block for beating cloth
first year of junior high school; first-year junior high school student
to suspend operations (esp. of trains); to stop driving
hypocentre (of an earthquake); hypocenter
Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)
(means of) transportation; transport; transportation facilities; transportation system; transit system
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
caster; newscaster; news anchor; anchorman
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.); difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
close; intimate; on good terms
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
presumption; assumption; estimation
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
your; indicates high rank or status; indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
northern part; the north (of a region)
rather; sooner; preferably