city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
Kōzuke (former province located in present-day Gunma Prefecture)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
surroundings; environs; circumference
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
wooden house; frame house (building)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
small child; kid; kiddy; tot; rug rat; ankle-biter
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to grow up; to become an adult
reality; actuality; hard fact
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
imagination; supposition; guess
too much; excessively; too
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to hesitate; to think twice; to flinch; to get cold feet
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
skyscraping; very high; above the clouds; above this mortal world
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
obscurity; mystery; abstruseness
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon); naga; semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology; promoted rook