to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
please (give me); please (do for me)
nonexistent; unreal; imaginary; spurious
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
complete change; about-face
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
(feeling a chill or shiver) suddenly; (feeling) chilly; chillily; with a sudden sense of dread (or fear, etc.); (being) suddenly (afraid, frightened, etc.); suddenly (breaking out in a cold sweat)
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to tower above (the surrounding landscape)
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
great man; heroic figure; remarkable character
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
to employ; to hire; to charter
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
rowing; paddling (by hand)
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
(navigable) canal; waterway
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
splendour; splendor; pompousness; magnificence
night view; night skyline; nightscape
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
institution; establishment; facility; home (for elderly, orphans, etc.)
gondola (boat, esp. in Venice); gondola (hot-air balloon, airship, etc.); basket; scaffold (building); display shelf (shop)
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)