platform; home; home base; home plate
stairs; stairway; staircase
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
examination of tickets; ticket gate; ticket barrier
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform); passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line
to lose sight of; to miss
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
to look around; to survey
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
firmly; solidly; sturdily; strongly; toughly
height (of body); stature
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink