possible; conceivable; likely; probable
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
Europeans and Americans; Westerners
the East; the Orient; (East) Asia; Japan
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets
dreamlike; dreamy; phantasmagorical
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
setting on fire; setting afire
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (a tooth); loading (a gun with ammunition, a camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
ancient city; former capital
tastelessness; lack of taste; vulgarity
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
solitary island; isolated island
vexatious; troublesome; complicated
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
dirty smoke; soot and smoke
neurasthenia; nervous breakdown; concentration; memory; matching pairs
civilized person; civilized people
savage land; barbaric region
modern civilization; modern world
magic; sorcery; witchcraft; magic tricks (with large-scale props)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
nightless gay quarters; nightless city
fine view; beautiful sight
most of all; extremely; supremely
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era