ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
railroad; railway; rail transport
being under the rule of; being under the government of
opening (of a new road, railway, etc.); going into operation (e.g. telephone communication); beginning services; reopening (e.g. a road to traffic); resumption of services
rapid transit (in Taiwan)
route (bus, train, air, etc.); line; line (taken by a group, organization, etc.); policy; course
street; quarter; district; area
general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
kanji "mouth" radical at left (radical 30)
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)
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, etc.)
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
the people; multitude; masses
locational advantage; advantageous position
overly serious; serious to a fault; humorless
decayed tree; rotted tree; decayed wood; obscure, meaningless life (metaphor)
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.); letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board
space; interval; space character; whitespace
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
number of characters; number of letters
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to look away; to turn away
guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark
one or two; a few; small number
black ground; black cloth
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
now that; since; as long as; provided that