shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
to come and go; to go back and forth
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
web site; website; web page; webpage; home page; homepage
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
considerably; fairly; quite
ago; since; before; previous
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
business; trade; operations; sales
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
ramification; branching off
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
the reverse; other side; lining
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adept
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness