guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
on countless occasions; many a time
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
chilly; unpleasantly cold
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
according to plan; as planned; on target
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
(how) many times; (how) often
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) cabin (on a boat, carriage, etc.)
to rank next to; to come after
construction; establishment
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
face; looks; vestiges; trace
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)
to happen to have on hand or in stock
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
one foot; one leg; one of a pair (of shoes or socks)
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
standing comparison with; comparing favorably with; by no means inferior to; equal to
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit