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(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation

2

driver's seat (in a car)

1

passenger seat; assistant driver's seat

2

seat belt; seatbelt; safety belt

4

back seat (of a car); rear seat

1

medium (cooked, roasted, etc.); (of) middle degree; medium; intermediary substance; media

1

to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing

2

road surface

2

sound of the wind; voice of the wind

1

falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off

3

junction; system interchange (between highways)

1

Saitama Prefecture (Kanto area)

1

going north

1

one's parents' home

1

every morning

3

to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against

2

to regard (as); to consider (to be); to deem; to look upon (as); to think of (as)

2

ill-omened; unlucky

2

standing close together; bristling (with)

1

high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper

1

highway; freeway; expressway; motorway

2

earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)

2

rice field; rice paddy; paddy field

3

winter landscape; winter scenery; wintry landscape; wintry scene

1

seasonal change of clothing; changing one's dress for the season; renovation; facelift; redesign

1

(many) mountains; very much (wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; so many; a lot of

1

coating of snow; blanket of snow

2

service area; toll road rest stop; rest area

1

one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

1

skiing; ski; skis

5

tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs

2

each time

1

deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free

1

among the mountains

2

village

1

number of houses; number of households

1

bungalow; one-story house

4

Saku

2

small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow

2

both; many; various; together

4

Hokuriku region (of Honshu; incl. Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa and Fukui prefectures)

1

integrated circuit; IC; interchange

1

place name; toponym

3

right side; right-hand side

1

opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road

1

private house

1

tiled roof

2

detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location

1

old Japanese-style house

7

structure; building

1