after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
elevated (structure); overhead
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; 's; of
honorific/polite/humble prefix
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
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
is that so?; I see; right; oh
homecoming; returning home
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
yikes; oops; eep; wow; aargh
that; that thing; that person; then; that time; that place (over there); down there (i.e. one's genitals)
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
naturalization; naturalisation
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
all of Japan; the whole of Japan; all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships; Japan national team
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
home area; home town; local
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all