playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
east, west, south and north
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
illustration; picture; sketch; drawing; figure
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
Heijō-kyō (ancient name of Nara)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
ancient times; distant past; antiquity
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
intersection on a go board
town; city; municipal; urban
various opinions; various theories; various rumors (rumours)
circle; "correct"; "good"; *; _; period
Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)
grid city plan used for the Imperial capital
sense of orientation; sense of direction
route; way; course; directions
home area; home town; local
retrogression; reversal; relapse; doubling back; backtracking
triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
science fiction; sci-fi; SF
change; conversion; transformation; transformation
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; real world; IRL (in real life)
two dimensions; fictional world of anime, manga, video games, etc.