to contemplate; to ponder; to think over; to reflect; to muse; to ruminate
shaku (unit of distance approximately equal to 30.3 cm); rule; measure; length
famous place; name of a part (of an instrument, etc.); name and address
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
neighbourhood; neighborhood
tasteful; elegant; refined; charming; attractive
big gamble; big plunge; big mountain
view; prospect; outlook; viewing platform; overlook
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to flutter about; to revolve
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
entrance; admission; entering
preliminary inspection; having a look in advance; preparatory read-through (e.g. of lesson notes); siding (on a house); clapboard
since when; from when; how long
ticket counter; ticket office; box office
noisily (of water gushing, pouring, spilling, splashing, spraying, etc.)
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
sudden drop; precipitous slope
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
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
unmarried woman; Miss; -ess; -ette
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
standing signboard; billboard; hoarding
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
fifth day of the month; five days
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to heave; to pound (of a heart)
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation