used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
from one side of something to the other
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Cook and Son, and by the Tourists' Information Bureau.
antiquitiesnounUS /ænˈtɪkwətiz/
plural of “antiquity” — the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
areauxiliary verbUS /ɑːr/
the form of “be” used with you, we, they, or a plural noun
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
dearly loved
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
BureaunounUS /ˈbjʊroʊ/
an administrative unit of government
From this reading Cook and Son, and by the Tourists' Information Bureau.
showing who or what does the action
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
classifyverbUS /ˈklæsəfaɪ/
arrange or order by classes or categories
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
commissionnounUS /kəˈmɪʃən/
a special group delegated to consider some matter
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
prepare a hot meal
From this reading Cook and Son, and by the Tourists' Information Bureau.
couplesnounUS /ˈkʌpəlz/
plural of “couple” — a pair who associate with one another
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
curio-shops
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From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
dictatedadjectiveUS /dɪkˈteɪtɪd/
determined or decided upon as by an authority
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
European-style
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From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
intended to be given to, or used by, somebody
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
foreignersnounUS /ˈfɔːrənərz/
plural of “foreigner” — a person who comes from a foreign country; someone who does not owe allegiance to your country
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
geishanounUS /ˈɡeɪʃə/
a Japanese woman trained to entertain men with conversation and singing and dancing
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
guidesnounUS /ɡaɪdz/
plural of “guide” — someone employed to conduct others
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
hard-worn
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From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
hauntverbUS /hɔːnt/
follow stealthily or recur constantly and spontaneously to
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
haveauxiliary verbUS /hæv/
used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
headingsnounUS /ˈhedɪŋz/
plural of “heading” — a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
the locus of feelings and intuitions
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
superlative of “high” — greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
hotelsnounUS /hoʊˈtelz/
plural of “hotel” — a building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
ten 10s
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
imonounUS /ˈaɪmoʊ/
the United Nations agency concerned with international maritime activities
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
a message received and understood
From this reading Cook and Son, and by the Tourists' Information Bureau.
insidiousadjectiveUS /ˌɪnˈsɪdiːəs/
beguiling but harmful
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
JAPANnounUS /dʒəˈpæn/
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
Kokoro
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From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
lacking companions or companionship
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
a quantifier that can be used with count nouns and is often preceded by “as” or “too” or “so” or “that”; amounting to a large but indefinite number
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
strongly marked; easily noticeable
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
joined in matrimony
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
men-travellers
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From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
merchantsnounUS /ˈmɜːrtʃənts/
plural of “merchant” — a businessperson engaged in retail trade
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
Messrs
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From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
Momo-shiki
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From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
belonging to the person speaking
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
as might be expected
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
ninounUS /niː/
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
not any; not one
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
norite
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From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
make available or accessible, provide or furnish
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
Okaredo
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From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
Omiya-bito
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From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
Omoyuru
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From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
and nothing more
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
penchantnounUS /ˈpentʃənt/
a strong liking
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
profaneadjectiveUS /proʊˈfeɪn/
characterized by profanity or cursing
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
restaurantsnounUS /ˈrestərɑːnts/
plural of “restaurant” — a building where people go to eat
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
restrictedadjectiveUS /riˈstrɪktəd/
subject to restriction or subjected to restriction
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
the sport of sitting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
sacranounUS /ˈsækrə/
plural of “sacrum” — wedge-shaped bone consisting of five fused vertebrae forming the posterior part of the pelvis; its base connects with the lowest lumbar vertebra and its tip with the coccyx
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
concerned with work or important matters rather than play or trivialities
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
a female person who has the same parents as another person
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
a male human offspring
From this reading Cook and Son, and by the Tourists' Information Bureau.
spuriousadjectiveUS /sˈpjʊriəs/
ostensibly valid, but not actually valid
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
required or under orders
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
takenadjectiveUS /ˈteɪkən/
understood in a certain way; made sense of
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
Tea-houses
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From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
TemplesnounUS /ˈtempəlz/
plural of “temple” — place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
Thos
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From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
the plural of “that”: the people or things further away, or already known
From this reading The lonely men-travellers are naturally supposed to have a _penchant_ for the spurious _geisha_, who haunt the native restaurants; the married couples are taken to the temples, and to those merchants of antiquities, who offer the highest commission to the guides.
in spite of the fact that
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
TouristsnounUS /ˈtʊrəsts/
plural of “tourist” — someone who travels for pleasure
From this reading Cook and Son, and by the Tourists' Information Bureau.
towersnounUS /ˈtaʊərz/
plural of “tower” — a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
travellernounUS /ˈtrævələr/
a person who changes location
From this reading The traveller in Japan is restricted to a hard-worn road, dictated to him by Messrs. Thos.
the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
underprepositionUS /ˈʌndər/
below or beneath something; less than
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
varyingadjectiveUS /ˈveriɪŋ/
marked by diversity or difference
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
viaprepositionUS /ˈvaɪə/
by way of; passing through
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
wanounUS /wɑː/
a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
which person or people
From this reading This _via sacra_ is marked by European-style hotels of varying quality, by insidious curio-shops, and by native guides, serious and profane, who classify foreigners under the two headings of Temples and Tea-houses.
in the company of; together with
From this reading ACROSS JAPAN _Momo-shiki no Omiya-bito wa Okaredo Kokoro ni norite Omoyuru imo!_ Though the people of the Great City With its hundred towers Be many, Riding on my heart-- (Only) my beloved Sister!
