scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
gooseflesh; goose pimples; goose bumps
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
author; writer; novelist; artist
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
restoration; return; reduction; resolution; deoxidization
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
Mount Fuji; Mt. Fuji; Fujiyama; Fuji-san
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
lying with one's head to the north (trad. position for dead bodies; taboo for sleeping); brown-lined puffer (species of pufferfish, Canthigaster rivulata)
superstition; superstitious belief
common saying; popular version; folklore; tradition
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January
to dream (i.e. while asleep); to have a dream; to dream (of the future); to have a fleeting experience
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
since then; from that time; ever since
(religious) faith; belief; creed
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
palatial residence; stately mansion
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to be erected; to be built
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off