hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
on the occasion of; at the time of
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
September; ninth month of the lunar calendar
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
enough; sufficient; plenty; sufficiently; fully; thoroughly
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
plaster or mortar-covered wall
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
complete; whole; perfect; safe
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
feudal domain (Edo and early Meiji periods, precursor to current prefectures); fiefdom; province
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
slope; slanting surface; bevel
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
to join together; to combine; to join up
many; much; plenty; hardly
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track