news; tidings; information; correspondence; letter
peace preservation; security; safety
great difference; big difference; wide margin
hospitality; treating like a guest
teatime; tea break; coffee break
warehousing; storing; entering a garage; entering the depot
double-checking (trans: double-check); countercheck
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
storage at room temperature
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
seeing off and meeting on return
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
to look around; to take a view of
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
present; gift; to give a present or gift
ticket (for bus, train, etc.); passenger ticket; basic fare ticket (not valid on limited express trains without a supplemental express ticket)
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)
head; lead; vanguard; first
number two; mistress; concubine
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
suffix for train car numbers
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
old couple; elderly couple