seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
beach; seashore; captured pieces (in the game of go); captured stones; Yokohama; (arch.) riverbank
in the same way as; just like
but; however; provided that
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
wave-dissipating concrete block; tetrapod
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
left side; left-hand side
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
beach hut; beachside clubhouse
decision; determination; resolution
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
locker room; changing room; dressing room
to leave one's footprints; to leave one's mark on; to leave a message (behind)
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
dirt floor; room with dirt floor; pit (theater seating); parterre
fading; faded colour; faded color
edge of the eaves; house frontage
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
yakisoba; fried noodles, usu. with vegetables and meat
shaved ice (usually served with flavored simple syrup); Italian ice; snow cone; sno-cone
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
(electric) torch; flashlight
slide (for projection); transparency; (microscope) slide; to slide; to slip; to shift (e.g. a group of items in a schedule)
loading; charging; filling
clearing; cleaning up; clearing; settling (e.g. payment)
rucksack; knapsack; backpack