railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
time schedule; timetable; program
to be helpful; to be useful
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
experience; history; record; career
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
plate; dish; serving; helping; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
main street; avenue; boulevard
to stick (to); to cling (to); to adhere (to); to stay (in a place); to stick close (to someone); to follow (someone) around
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
underpants; pants; briefs; trousers (esp. women's); jodhpurs; breeches
to change (one's clothes)
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing
to follow (a road, path, etc.); to trace; to follow (a clue, scent, tracks, plot, etc.); to trace (a route, history, family tree, etc.); to head towards (of a situation); to go in the direction of
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
self-abasement; self-depreciation; humility
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
subsidence; sinking; fall (of a city, fortress, etc.); surrender; fall (in position, rank, etc.); demotion
conditional; qualified; with conditions attached
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield