taciturn; reticent; quiet; silent; untalkative
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
school building; schoolhouse
sports ground; sports oval
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
on-site work; work-site operations
weather measurement station
government office; public office
opposite side; other side; other party
one house; the same house
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
counter for buildings (esp. houses); suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
neighbour to the left (person, building, etc.)
wooden fence; board fence
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
government and municipal offices; public agencies
quiet (e.g. neighbourhood); peaceful; tranquil
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
had better ...; had better not ...
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
national language; Japanese language (often as a school subject in Japan); native Japanese words (as opposed to loanwords)
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
Special Higher Police (1911-1945); police unit controlling political thought and expression