(national) capital (city); metropolis
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
honorific title; honorific term of address
horse's back; (mountain) ridge; arête; road along a ridge
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
wooded country; wooded (timber) region; woodland; woodlands
conifer; needle-leaved tree
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
each house; every house; many houses
appearance; emergence; advent; arrival; showing up; coming to existence
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
scale; scope; plan; structure
even more; still more; one step; one rung; one paragraph; one passage
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
enjoyment; pleasure; amusement; anticipation; looking forward to; something to look forward to
windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
continuously; the whole time; much (more); (by) far; far (away); long (ago, before, after)