shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
so; like this; in this way
to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
gas (state of matter, e.g. poison gas, natural gas); gasoline; gas; dense fog; thick fog; gas stove
electricity; (electric) light
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
chief; main; principal; major
a minute; moment; an instant; stubborn; hot-headed
countermeasure; counter-measure
to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life
Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
scene of an accident; crash site; accident scene
dozens; scores of; decades
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
at that time; in those days
barrier; gate; seki (in go); mutual life
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
such ... as; or some such
closure (of a road); suspension of traffic; road closed; closed to traffic; no through road
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
accommodation; reception; seating; custody (e.g. awaiting deportation); internment; admission
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
going through; going via; going by way of
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
shō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 litres
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
with these words; while saying
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
land route; overland route; by land; overland