memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
Niigata (city, prefecture)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
commemorative photograph; souvenir photograph
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
(tree) trunk; (arrow) shaft; (tool) handle; backbone; base
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
relation; connection; relevance
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
to paint (draw) a picture
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
if it is the case that ...
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
each; (arch.) you (plural)
fixed date; settlement date