properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
selection; choice; option
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
Sapporo (city in Hokkaido)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
to connect (with a different flight, train, etc.); to make a connection; to change (planes, trains, etc.)
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
route map (buses, trains, etc.)
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
to sit; to squat; to assume (a position); to hold steady; to hold still
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
when it comes to ...; concerning; where ... are concerned
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
taking a class; studying a subject; completing a course
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?