figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
business hotel; cheap but conveniently located hotel with only basic conveniences, targeted at business travellers
volume-sales electronics retailer; electronics retail store
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
Kanagawa prefecture (Kanto area)
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh
center; centre; metropolis
commuting to school; school commute
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
to come and go; to go back and forth
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
switchback (railway); zig zag
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
to face; to go towards; to head towards
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
platform; home; home base; home plate
ticket barrier; ticket gate; wicket
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
stairs; stairway; staircase
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
(connecting) passageway; accessway; walk-through; skyway; sky bridge
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)