plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
in that manner; like that
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
scenery; scene; landscape
to become better; to improve
basin (e.g. between mountains)
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
public facilities; utilities
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
slope; slanting surface; bevel
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
study; research; investigation
group; bunch; crowd; group
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
loop line; (transportation) belt line
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances