railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. the Yamate area in Kōbe)
guarding; guard; railway bridge (over a road); (railroad) overpass; flyover
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; even number; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m)
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
street; quarter; district; area
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
rice field; rice paddy; paddy field
unevenness (of colour, paint, etc.); irregularity; unevenness (of quality, results, behaviour, etc.); inconsistency; fickleness; capriciousness
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
illustration (in a book, newspaper, etc.); picture
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
casting; cast-metal object
to take a seat; to sit; to occupy a position (e.g. committee president)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to turn (around); to appropriate; to set aside; to allocate
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
danger; peril; hazard; risk
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
cook; chef; cock; tap; cock (male fowl); cock (penis)
nothing but; except; no more than
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
pitch-dark; pitch-black; completely dark; very bleak (future); utterly hopeless
equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements
triangle; triangular shape
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
first time; first; initial
trial product; prototype model
maiko; apprentice geisha (in Kyoto)
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
untucked obi; dangling obi
wisdom; enlightenment; prajñā (one of the three divisions of the noble eightfold path); wisdom
black ground; black cloth