vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot; empty point
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
stake; post; pile; (arch.) stump
police officer; policeman; constable
name; given name; first name
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
(small) stone; rock; pebble
victim; injured party; sufferer
grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
(main building of a) Shinto shrine
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
dangling; swaying; (walking) leisurely; aimlessly; idly; lazily
misemono; type of Edo- and Meiji-period side show often held outdoors or in small temporarily erected shacks on temple and shrine grounds; show; exhibition; spectacle
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
haunted mansion; haunted house; enchanted house
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time; it's been a long time; long time no see
lately; recently; nowadays; terribly; awfully; extremely
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
Yawata no Yabushirazu (bamboo grove in Chiba; impossible to find one's way out of according to popular legend); thicket from which one cannot escape; maze; getting lost; being unable to find a way out
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (of China; 9-23 CE)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to concentrate; to focus on; to devote; to stiffen; to become tense
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent); (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack
hut; cabin; small theatre (theater); temporary playhouse; one's own house
front part; frontage; facade; initial pledge (e.g. election); opening slogan
papier-mâché; player who is not a dealer (in cards)
arrangement of stones in a garden
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific