shopping district; shopping street; downtown
operation (of a machine, factory, fishing boat, etc.); work
alarm (fire, burglar, railroad-crossing, etc.); sensor
to come and go; to go back and forth
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to crack; to develop a crack
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
Nakasendo (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
inn town; post town; post-station town
inner-city area; city center
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); live (i.e. not recorded); inexperienced
northern part; the north (of a region)
central city; major city (in a region)
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
to surround; to encircle; to enclose
to lose a tooth; to lose one's teeth
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
wild; unruly; arrogant; endless (e.g. spending); uncontrolled; rampant (e.g. weeds)
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
crow (Corvus spp.); raven
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
moisture; humidity; dampness