to come to an end; to rest
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit); person not bound by earthly desires
person with low tastes; uncultured person; worldly person; ordinary person (who has not entered the priesthood); layperson; layman
action; operation; effect; function
residence; dwelling; home
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
high and low; rise and fall
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
sunlight; sunshine; sunbeams
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
invisibly; secretly; privately
shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
everywhere; all over; throughout
street with houses lined up only on one side
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
finally; after great pains; at last; just barely
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
busy; having no (free) time
depression; lowlands; low ground; bottom land; plain
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
daily life; daily living; waking up and going to sleep
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
commencing with; including
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; neighborhood; neighbourhood
coming to live (at a place)