(ancient) Japan; Yamato (former province located in present-day Nara Prefecture)
viaduct; overhead bridge; overpass; land bridge (biogeography)
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
student (esp. a university student)
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
knowledge; understanding; rules; regulations; deputy; acting
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
iron pipe; steel pipe; metal pipe
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
stairs; stairway; staircase
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
to collapse into; to flop onto
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
extremely angry; furious; fiercely (shine); blazingly; merrily (burn away); red-hot
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
to stop walking; to pause
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else