year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
Harbour Ward (e.g. in Tokyo)
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
comparatively; relatively
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
really; truly; indeed; good grief
certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
simple; easy; convenient; handy
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
considerably; greatly; a lot
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
luckily; blessedly; fortunately
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
smelling of the sea; smelling of the seashore
scaling; climbing; ascending
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
mirror surface; lens surface
to break on the shore and retreat (of a wave)
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
terminus; terminal; end edge