place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
friend and foe; enemies and allies; both sides
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
yo!; hello there!; wow!; oh!; yah! (yell)
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
one eye; one of one's eyes
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
one side; one party; counterpart; one of a pair; fellow; mate
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
underground train; subway
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
construction area; section of a construction project
new and old; incoming and outgoing
focal point; nodal point; node
such; this sort of; like this
many; much; plenty; hardly
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
palace examination (national Chinese civil servant examination based largely on classic literature); someone who has passed this examination; examination for promotion in the Ministry of Ceremonies (based largely on political duties and Chinese classics); someone who has passed this examination
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)