to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
railway crossing; railroad crossing; starting line; scratch; determination; stepping over the edge of the ring
hilly section of a city (usu. upscale residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; hammy (acting); over-the-top; clumsy
home page (of a website or browser); homepage; web page; website
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
renewal; update; replacement; renovation; breaking (a record)
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
business; trade; operations; sales
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
seaside; seashore; coast; coastland
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
ramification; branching off
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to stray into; to lose one's way (and enter); to wander into
the reverse (side); back (side); other side; hidden side; behind the scenes
alley; alleyway; path through a gate or garden; teahouse garden
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
House of Representatives (lower house of the National Diet of Japan)
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
vivid; bright; brilliant; skillful; skilful; adroit
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
summer vacation; summer holiday
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)