to understand; to make out
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
having one's guard up; not showing weak points; (of women) resisting attempts of being hit on; being distrustful of potential love interests; prudish
gold leaf; gold foil; beaten gold
arrest; apprehension; capture
minimum temperature; lowest temperature; (today's) low
south entrance; south exit
continuous; continual; unceasing; incessant; without interruption
spatula; (fabric) tracing spatula; (pottery) pallet; (artificially cultured) Japanese crucian carp
(smiling) goofily; with a loose, slack grin
Kyūshū (southernmost of the four main islands of Japan)
Nagasaki (city, prefecture)
isolated island; outlying island; leaving an island
without looking aside; looking neither right nor left; wholeheartedly; single-mindedly
being enthusiastic about; being wild about; being absorbed in; being engrossed in; being devoted to
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
difficult problem; challenge
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
yearned for; longed for; missed
manned; occupied; piloted
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
business trip; official trip
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
(wheeled) vehicle; car; (railroad) car; (railway) carriage; rolling stock
entrance (for passengers at a train station); passenger door (on a train, bus, etc.)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
standard; criterion; norm; average; the norm; the ordinary
rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge
narrow gauge (i.e. less than 1.435m wide)
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
broad gauge (i.e. more than 1.435m wide)
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
having a place to oneself (e.g. restaurant, movie theater); having the run of a place