reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pitiful
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
votive tablet; wooden tablet usu. filled out with a prayer and one's name and hung up at a shrine or temple; orig. picturing a horse, as a stand-in for a donation of a live horse
fortune slip (usu. bought at a shrine); omikuji
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
spot; dot; place; location; (airport) apron; spot advertisement; spot advertising
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
on countless occasions; many a time
Sakyō-ku (ward in Kyoto city)
investigation; research; looking something up
unique; original; individual; unusual
quite right; indeed; truly; well said
impure; adulterated; foul; mixed; dishonest
high; noble; refined; advanced
twilight (traditionally regarded as a time when accidents and disasters are frequent)
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
to look after (often medically); to take care of
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; intently; earnestly; single-mindedly; trudgingly; ploddingly
to begin to walk; to set out
marriage (of a woman); marrying into a husband's family; becoming a bride; wedding; wedding ceremony
gallant; manly; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; chivalrous