opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. of a road to traffic); resumption of services
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
artery; arterial road; major route
making use of; application; practical use; operation (esp. of a boat); steering
rapid transit (in Taiwan)
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
cheap; rash; thoughtless; careless
street; quarter; district; area
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
practitioner; specialist; man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai
somehow; for some reason (or other); without knowing why
kanji "mouth" radical at left (radical 30)
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to indicate; to show; to point to
belief; faith; conviction
without cause; without reason
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
as stated; verbatim; literally
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
staring-out (down) game; game in which two children looking at each other try to make the opponents laugh first; constant looking at something (e.g. the computer screen, the clock)
pronunciation; reading (e.g. of a kanji); way of reading (out loud); interpretation (e.g. of a text); reading
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
pronunciation; production of sound
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
an instant; a split second; no time at all; (lit.) time of an "ah!"
on and after; from ... onward; since
to thin out (plants, seedlings, crops, etc.); to cull; to run on a curtailed schedule; to cut down; to kill a newborn child (due to financial difficulties)