highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
departure; leaving; setting off
to end; to come to an end; to finish; to complete; to finish doing; to be past its (one's) prime
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
curry (esp. Japanese curry); rice and curry
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...; wow
nasi goreng; Indonesian fried rice
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; (good) idea; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to live; to reside; to inhabit
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
head over heels; headlong; head first
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
cheap article; poor-quality article
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
same; identical; equal; anyway; in any case; if one must ...
iron (Fe); steel; iron (will, discipline, lady, etc.); railway; railway enthusiast
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
if (it) doesn't exist; if there is no ...; if not ...; unless ...; have to ...; must ...
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
having no choice but to ...; all one can do is ...; there's nothing to do except ...; having nothing but ...; there is only ...; having only ...
sense; sensation; feeling; intuition
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to face; to go towards; to head towards
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
a little; a bit; a little while; a short time; a little way; a short distance
high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)
heel (of a shoe); heel; bad guy; player of villain roles