service area; toll road rest stop; rest area
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
insole; (shoe) insert; intermediate layer; rug; carpet
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
treasure; treasured item; prized possession
last night; yesterday evening
written oath; covenant; pledge
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to come loose; to come untied; to come undone; to loosen up (e.g. tension)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
in one's own way or style
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
to recover; to rally; to improve; to pick up
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
two (long cylindrical things)
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
chilly; unpleasantly cold
thin (paper, cloth, porcelain, etc.); of thin make; superficial (knowledge, critique, etc.); shallow; slight wound; slight cut