the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
housing district; residential district
standing close together; bristling (with)
town; city; municipal; urban
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
to be detained; to take time
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
sign; mark; marker; marker
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
bar; saloon; pub; tavern; drinking establishment
oden; dish of various ingredients, e.g. egg, daikon, potato, chikuwa, konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi
yakitori; chicken pieces (or sometimes beef or pork offal) grilled on a skewer; grilled and skewered bird (esp. sparrow); failing to win a single hand during a half-game
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
literally; to the letter; literal
stain; spot; smudge; spot (on one's skin, e.g. chloasma, liver spot); blemish; discoloration
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
typeface; style of handwriting; calligraphic style
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.); flap (of a dust jacket)
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
adhesive (pressure-sensitive and removable)
to harden; to solidify; to become firm; to become certain; to gather (together); to assemble
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
made of aluminum (aluminium)
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
water heater; (domestic) boiler
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long