to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
minidisc; MD; missile defense; MD; magnetic disk; MD
tragic but brave; heroic; grim; pathetic
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
campground; campsite; camping-ground
monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook
counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); noun read using its on-yomi; counter for articles; indicates possessive (esp. in place names)
hot spring; onsen; hot spring resort; hot spring spa
established practice; custom
dark history; dark past; something one wants to forget or pretend never happened
festival; feast; carnival
counter for nights of a stay; overnight stay; lodging
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work); apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen
apartment with one bedroom and a kitchen
non-highway road; toll-free road; local road; road shadowed by trees, mountain, etc.
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
mountain road; mountain trail
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
to run up (a hill, stairs etc.); to dash up; to rush up
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
a step; short distance; short time
level ground; plain; flatland
sunlight filtering through trees
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
online shopping; e-commerce; mail order
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
seeing off and meeting on return
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
sandbank (in a river); sandbar