railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
housing district; residential district
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
distinction; differentiation; classification
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
residence; housing; residential building
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
way; method; means; resource; course
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
scene; spectacle; sight; view
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
cheerful; lively; lighthearted
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes