N3 Chapter 4: 私たちの町

Our Town

4.1 · Town Appearance

concrete
tower
hall
bicycle light
moving
Japanese-style pub
vacant land
construction
line
suburbs
being crowded
usage fee
shopping district
aquarium
front
near
area, region
region, countryside
center
lively
museum
grocery store
pedestrian overpass, pedestrian bridge
free, free of charge
landmark
nursing home
to be built
entrance, exit
high rise, skyscraper
admission fee
holiday, closed day
automatic door
Tokyo Tower

4.2 · Walking around the Town

aimlessly wandering
roaming, wandering
detour
to cross, to go across
distance
crowd of people
to pass, to surpass
to happen by
to pass by
walking
city, urban area
end of a street
direction, orientation
to stop, to stand still
to catch up with
shortcut
to notice, to catch sight of
to chase, to pursue

4.3 · Trains and the Shinkansen

platform
round trip
down, descending, outbound
to get down
ticket gate
local train
commuter express
via
destination
first train
designation
reserved seats
private railway
vending machine
train conductor
last stop, final destination
last train
up, ascending, inbound
to pass, to ride past
to ride past, to miss one's stop
to miss (a train or bus)
get on
rail track, railway tracks
ticket window, teller
commuter pass
to step on, to stomp
limited express (train
sales, selling
one-way trip
expiration date
to transfer
railway crossing
aisle side
onboard announcement
excess fare
round-trip ticket
rapid-service

4.4 · Bus

parched, empty, bare
densely packed
bus stop
brake
getting off
involved in
traveling expenses
time schedule
boarding, getting on
entrance door
to give up (one's seat)
passing through
to attach
stopping
capacity
departure, departing
to repay, to pay back
full to capacity, no vacancy
to stand up
passenger
to become empty
priority seating
bus fare
emergency brake
paying back
full seating

4.5 · Driving

to collide with, bump into
accelerator, gas (pedal)
engine
curve
seat belt
truck
trunk
going for a drive
steering wheel
flat tire
safety
one-way street, one-way traffic
drunk driving
loose
highway, expressway
congestion, traffic
speed
used car
dead end
road, street
line
to let someone get on, to give a ride
to cut in, to wedge into
to hit, to run over
driver's license
illegal parking, parking violation
passenger seat
car GPS
speeding
driver's seat (in a car)
safe driving
drinking alcohol