severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed
King of the Mountains (cycling, esp. Tour de France)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
what kind of; what sort of; what; how; in what way
that's the way it is; such is life
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)
to be lacking in options; to be too few
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
level ground; plain; flatland
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
running style (e.g. front runner); riding style (of a keirin cyclist)
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
sense of smell; olfaction
to be furnished with; to be provided with; to be possessed of; to be endowed with; to be among; to be one of
house for rent; rented house; renting a house
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
home area; home town; local
junior high school student; middle school pupil
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
long-established; old-established; traditional