adviser; advisor; consultant
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to set (sun); to become dark
January; first month of the lunar calendar
bungalow; one-story house
each house; every house; many houses
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
summertime; summer season
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
along the road; at the side of the road
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
to project; to stick out; to stand out
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
roadside tree; row of trees
all people; everybody; ten thousand people
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
privatization; privatisation
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
abandoned station; closed station
one-way (trip); one-way ticket
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
being on duty; being on watch; person on duty
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
drive; trip by car; to (go for a) drive; to go on a trip by car; to drive (e.g. a car); to drive (innovation, change, etc.)