surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
shipyard; dock yard; shipbuilding yard
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
relatively; comparatively
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
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
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
udon with deep-fried tofu
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
right (to do something); authority; power
(period of) a year; during an era
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
society; the world; the times
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
jet aeroplane; jet airplane
making practical; making useful; implementing
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude
in terms of; from the point of view of
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)