hard to reach place; remote place
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
petty; small-minded; stingy; poor (performance, etc.); bad; unskilled
curious; strange; unusual
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
to go mad; to go crazy; to go insane
service business (hotels, restaurants, etc.); service industry; hospitality industry
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
artificial flower; imitation flower; artificial flower making
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
to shed light; to cast light
crayfish (esp. the Japanese crayfish or red swamp crayfish); crawfish
to catch (a wild animal, fish, insect, baseball, etc.); to capture
watermelon (Citrullus lanatus)
wrong; different; not like that
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
important matter; matters of weight
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
slit; slitting (slicing a sheet of paper, metal, etc. into narrower strips)
regulation; adjustment; control
to keep one's temper; to maintain one's composure; to remain calm; to keep presence of mind; to preserve one's equilibrium
with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
sudden drop; precipitous slope
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
just managing; with great difficulty
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
flat; level; calm; tranquil; relaxed (sitting posture); comfortable
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
to wipe; to mop up; to get rid of (an impression, feeling, blemish, etc.); to dispel (e.g. shame); to erase
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework