big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
suspension (of a transportation service); cancellation; stoppage
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
service (bus, train); operation; motion; revolution; movement
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
to face; to go towards; to head towards
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to suspend operations (esp. of trains); to stop driving
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
use; utilization; utilisation; application
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
trouble; bother; annoyance
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
(school) athletic festival; sports day; field day
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
excursion; field trip; school trip
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.); chain (store, hotel, etc.)
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
please be careful; please take care
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
both (railway) tracks; (both) up and down tracks (lines)
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; driving; working (capital, etc.)
reopening; resumption; restarting
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)