vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
half mirror; 50% beam splitter
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
atrium; well (in building); blow-by; blow-bye; drafty; draughty
beginning; outset; first; onset
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
cinnabar; vermilion (mercury sulfide); red color; vermilion pigment; elixir (esp. of immortality); pill
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
theatre; theater; playhouse
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
rather than; more ... than ...
compact; compact (cosmetics); portable powder case; compact car
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
urban area; urban district
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
stairs; stairway; staircase
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
vertex; apex; top (e.g. of a mountain); summit; top (of a profession, field, etc.); summit
as if; as it were; as though; right then; just then; at that moment
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; misconception; misunderstanding
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
article (in a document); clause; counter for lines, stripes, streaks, rays, etc.; although; though; since
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn