road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
moat; fosse; canal; ditch
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
whispering; murmuring; subdued
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
after that; afterwards; thereafter
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
well done!; bravo!; zenzai; red bean soup made with azuki beans
Osaka-Kobe; Hanshin (company name: railway, dept. store, baseball team, etc.)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
western Japan (usu. Chūbu region and westward)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to play a leading role; to play a central part
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
to tower over the surroundings
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
Fukushima (city, prefecture)
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to be erected; to be built
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment