transactions; dealings; business
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to rule; to govern; to administer
full moon; moon on the 15th day of the month (by the lunar calendar); full moon of the eighth lunar month
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
chief; main; principal; major
position; location; base; point; site
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
area on Japan Sea side of Japan, including Niigata
Nagano (city, prefecture)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
book; volume; this; present; main; head
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to