limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
ancient Shinto music and dancing
waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
stopover (during a train or bus journey)
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
beauty treatment; cosmetology; beauty salon; beauty-treatment clinic
crash; kurash (wrestling)
Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters
to put on airs; to act big; to throw one's weight about; to be overbearing; to be domineering; to be bossy
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
please be careful; please take care
cheap lodging or flophouse, especially in a skid row area or slum
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)
and; thereupon; because of that
horn; alarm; whistle; foghorn
shot (in films); shot (of alcohol); hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis); shoot (in basketball)
place to die; place of death
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
woman's level of motivation in fashion, makeup, taste in clothes, etc.; femininity
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
firm-sided backpack made of leather, etc. (used by Japanese elementary schoolchildren, often red for girls and black for boys)
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces