certain; unmistaken; evident; obvious; beyond doubt
reality; actuality; hard fact
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
rotor; love egg; egg vibrator (sex toy)
prefectural; managed by a prefectural government
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
senior high school; high school
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
school building; schoolhouse
complete; completion; perfection; accomplishment
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
central part; heart (of a city)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
in comparison to; rather than
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
terrain; geographical features; topography
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
(navigable) canal; waterway
woodworking; woodworker; carpenter
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road