ordinary; common; mediocre
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
dice; die; baton (of command)
female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife
ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)
ryokan; traditional inn; Japanese-style lodging, usu. professionally-run
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
overhead wires; elevated railway
tall building; high-rise building
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
dignified appearance; majestic appearance; imposing appearance
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
enshrinement hall (of a buddha); temple; cathedral (esp. Catholic)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
construction; architecture (of buildings)
successively; one after another
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
it hasn't been long since
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
towering (as mountains do); of outstanding greatness (as a person)
gap; break; pause; interval; cut; incision