drowning one's cares in drink
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
motor nerve; reflexes; athletic ability; motor coordination
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
value; worth; virtue; blessing
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
jūbako; multi-tiered food box; heavy; serious; extreme; -fold
absorption; suction; attraction
field of flowers; flower garden; flower bed; field of alpine flowers
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
something broad and flat; common; ordinary; low-ranking employee; freshman
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
gate (for entry, boarding, etc.); gate; logic element
to be inflated with pride
to go past; to pass; to pass by
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
Panama Canal; Panaman Canal
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
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