fifth day of the month; five days
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
10,000,000,000; ten billion
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
that day; the very same day
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
man; male; masculine gender
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
article; news story; report; account
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to go; to come; to be defeated; to collapse; to be annoyed; to be nonplussed
ascent; climbing; ascending (path); upbound (esp. toward Tokyo)
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
society; the world; the times
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
convenient; handy; useful
failure; mistake; blunder
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
hostility; animosity; enmity
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
guard; security (officer); guardsman
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
dawn; daybreak; beginning