service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
government office; public office
ward office; council (regional)
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
make no progress; remain unsettled
last week; the week before
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
manjū (steamed bun) with meat filling
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to say; to be called; to do
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to have a reason; to have an excuse
vigilance; caution; alertness; precaution; being on guard
railroad; railway; rail transport
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
relation; connection; relevance
thesis; essay; treatise; paper; article
don't you think?; indicates question
personal use; private use; private business; personal business
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to be erected; to be built
to be wildly different; to be on a completely different scale; to be in a different league; to be poles apart; to stand no comparison; (lit.) to be on a different order of magnitude
birthplace; origin; cradle; motherland