(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
anchorage; anchoring; mooring
entry into port; arriving in harbor
disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore
night view; night skyline; nightscape
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
(many people) sleeping bunched together in a single room; sleeping together in a huddle
heavy load; heavy luggage; heavy freight; heavy burden; heavy responsibility; encumbrance
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
Western wine and spirits; Western liquor
carton (e.g. of cigarettes); tray (in which money is placed when paying); dish
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
customs (duties); duty; tariff
to give rein to (imagination)
section; cross section; profile
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
slight intoxication; being tipsy; mellowness
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
(water-filled) paddy field
point in common; common feature
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to be rustic; to be countrified; to have a rural feel
cross (for crucifixion); the Cross (of Christ)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
approximation; having a close resemblance