metre; meter; meter; gauge
delivery of packages; postal service
quick; fast; rapid; swift; prompt; streamlined
maritime; marine transportation
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
grasp; catch; understanding
compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
promotion of industry; encouragement of new industry
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
will not do; do not; does not
jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
prefectures (of Japan, excl. Tokyo and Hokkaido)
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
coincident with; while; simultaneously
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
bright; shining; clear; evident
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to be embarrassed; to lose face
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
to be too numerous; to be too much
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to be mistaken for; to be confused with
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
spinning mill; cotton mill
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures