making efficient; optimization
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to hurry (up); to press; to urge on
reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
stingily; tightfistedly; in a miserly manner; naggingly
to be thirsty; to feel thirsty; to thirst for; to crave
doing together (as equals); sharing; common (land, etc.); joint (statement, etc.); cooperation; co-operation
negative; passive; half-hearted; unmotivated
commitment; pledge; promise
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
bringing; taking; carrying
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
upper floor (of a building)
to be caught in a trap (snare, etc.); to fall for (a trick, ambush, etc.)
these days; nowadays; present day; at this time (of the day)
common front; united front
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
protection; advocacy; support; to protect (e.g. rights, etc.); to advocate (e.g. free trade, etc.); to support
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
cartographic information; information from a map
reference; bibliographical reference; consultation; browsing (e.g. when selecting a file to upload on a computer); checking out
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to hold (someone) down; to pin down; to wrestle to the ground
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
matter of time; question of time
unprecedented; never seen before