call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
pardon; forgiveness; forbearance
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (e.g. vegetables); (for two men) to have anal sex
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
priority; order of precedence
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the Sun)
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
approximate age; age range
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
imposition (i.e. of rules, of a decision); compulsion
genuine article; real thing; real deal
if so; in that case; in that situation
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...