Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
route map (buses, trains, etc.)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course
to be annoying; to be troublesome
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
visitor (to a museum, library, etc.)
identification papers; ID
biometrics; biometric authentication
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
nowhere in particular; just out for a bit; (euph. for) toilet break
dark clouds; black clouds
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
by return; (call or write back) without delay; lapel; cuff; going back; returning; chorus
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
commitment; pledge; promise
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
rising intonation; upward inflection; rising tendency; upward trend; feet-first somersault hanging from the horizontal bar
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
performer; entertainer; celebrity
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
temporary name; provisional name
box cutter; utility knife
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter