claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
very recently; in the very recent past
university student; college student
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
person of firm character; stable person; gutsy person
pardon; forgiveness; exemption; permission
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
cram school; private tutoring school; juku
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
river; stream; River; the ... river
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
mountain road; mountain trail
head; lead; vanguard; first
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to entwine; to follow about
kuma bamboo grass (Sasa veitchii); Veitch's bamboo
love of one's country; patriotism; Ireland
chorus; singing in a chorus
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
new leaves; young leaves; fresh verdure
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
rising (smoke, clouds, etc.); rolling up; billowing up
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar