adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
scale; scope; plan; structure
to face on; to look out on to
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
first shrine visit of the New Year
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
line; queue; procession; matrix
to be excited; to be nervous; to be thrilled
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
guidance; leadership; leading the way
main hall (of a Shinto shrine); main shrine; inner sanctuary
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
to become covered in moss; to become mossy; to grow over with moss; to become aged; to grow old
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
less than ...; smaller ...
reason; cause; history; origin
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow (i.e. bending of the body); bowing; reward
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
one bow; one salute; one greeting
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity