to waste time; to kill time
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to drive in (e.g. nail, stake); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to input (data)
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to write down; to record; to register
to some extent; to a certain extent
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
and yet; though; when; in spite of
vitality; energy; dynamism
to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken; to call (to mind); to bring back (memories); to evoke
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to weigh on one's mind; to bother one; to be interested (in); to be curious (about); to feel like (doing); to feel inclined to
inside one's heart; in one's mind
to face; to go towards; to head towards
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
just past noon; afternoon
inside a car (train, bus, etc.)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
route map (buses, trains, etc.)