ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
tsk tsk; oh-oh; huh; what's that?
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis
to go past; to pass; to pass by
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
road over a mountain pass
completely; fully; entirely
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
ability; performance; efficiency
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
production (e.g. play); direction
it seems so; that's what it looks like
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
course; route; path; process; means
distance in a straight line