coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
ox carriage (for Heian era nobles); oxcart
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to take pride in; to pride oneself; to be proud of
optical illusion; hallucination; misapprehension; delusion
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
yes; sure; gotcha; sycophantically; servilely; fawningly
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
castle (in place names); castle; fortress
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
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
security guard; doorkeeper
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
silence (not speaking); muteness
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district
to dive (into or under water); to get under; to get into; to hide oneself (esp. from the government); to conceal oneself
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
stairs; stairway; staircase
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
many people; a large number of people
this for sure; certainly is
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
several times; several degrees
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings