to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to accompany; to go with; to go together
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
surroundings; environs; circumference
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
to come and go; to go back and forth
people; men and women; each person; everybody
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
country; territory; domain; realm
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
urban area; urban district
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
curious; strange; unusual
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
explanation; commentary; exposition; elucidation
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
it is not (like that) either
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh