traveller's journal; traveler's journal; travelogue
account; history; chronicle; Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters
lizard; skink lizard (Scincidae spp.)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
novelizing; novelising; adapting a movie, game, etc. into a book
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
many; a lot; much; multitude
professional killer; hit man
invulnerability; immortality; insensibility to pain
writing; composition; essay; sentence
frequency (of appearance)
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take warning from
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
middle; midway; middle position; moderate position; interim; intermediary
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
oak; orc (fictional race common in fantasy literature); ork
ice; shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup)
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
system; organization; organisation; architecture
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
suggestion; hint; implication
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to be frank with you; to tell you the truth; I'm going to lay my cards on the table
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life