romance (e.g. Arthurian romances); heroic tale; (nigh) impossible dream; adventurous spirit; (full-length) novel; romance
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
prohibition; inhibition; ban
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
such; like that; that sort of; very
dive (e.g. into water); (underwater) diving; dive (of an aircraft)
Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
in person; personally; directly
ban; prohibition; interdiction; injunction
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
appearing and disappearing; slipping in and out of view
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
an inch ahead; the immediate future
hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress
how many years; how long; what year
life; living; I; me; student
being in charge of (esp. a class or subject); taking charge of; class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
loveable; very likeable; like very much
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
be (that) as it may; having said that
another school; other schools
marriage; marriage tie; love knot
emperor; shogun; honored person (honoured)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
inside; interior; inner part
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set