exactly as stated; verbatim
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
vehicle; conveyance; transport; ride (playground, fair, carnival); playground facility
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
adult video; porn video; pornographic video
being very popular; being in great demand; octopus dried on skewers
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
in; at; on; as for; regarding; with regards to
to make one's rounds; to patrol
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
automatic operation (machine); automatic driving (vehicle)
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
asking for the moon; pining for what one doesn't have; thinking the grass is greener on the other side of the fence; asking for too much; asking for the impossible
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to keep in mind; to bear in mind; to try; to aim to do; to endeavor; to endeavour
to have an accident (esp. traffic accident); to cause an accident
awareness that somebody will be hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something; (feeling) not up to doing something
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
complete change; about-face
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
running; gliding; first (harvest) of the season; beginning; start; kitchen sink
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
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
broken into small fragments; smashed to atoms; fragments and splinters; smithereens
(one's) beloved car (or motorcycle, bicycle, etc.); (one's) wheels
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō (1886-1965)
fetish; passion; enthusiasm
already; now; no longer; not any more
excelling; surpassing; outdoing