trial calculation;  preliminary calculation;  estimation
 advance warning;  previous notice;  announcement;  herald;  harbinger;  forerunner
 entry (on stage);  appearance (on screen);  entrance;  introduction (into a market)
 point of an argument;  drift of an argument
 to be sufficient;  to be enough;  to be worth doing;  to be worthy of;  to do (the job);  to serve
 accurate;  correct;  precise;  exact
 stage;  step;  level;  rank;  order;  stairs
 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.)
 how many times;  how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
 dust;  trash;  garbage;  negligible amount;  tiny bit;  hustle and bustle (of life)
 general idea;  concept;  notion
 foundation;  root;  basis;  root and trunk
 to build up;  to establish;  to form;  to become (a state);  to accomplish;  to achieve;  to change into
 true character;  true form;  true colors (colours);  consciousness;  one's senses
 completely;  absolutely;  (not) at all;  (not) a bit;  earnestly;  intently
 original;  unique;  distinctive;  independent;  one's own;  personal
 coined word;  coinage;  neologism
 learning by ear;  memory of having heard something before
 to read a large number (of);  to read widely;  to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
 mostly;  ordinarily;  probably;  most;  almost all;  ordinary
 a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
 locking up (doors and windows);  fastening the doors
 to finish;  to end;  to merely result in something less severe than expected;  to feel at ease;  to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone;  to be sorry
 railway station;  train station;  staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan);  counter for railway stations and bus stations
 minute (unit of time);  fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
 commuter town;  bedroom community;  dormitory town
 to take out a loan;  to get a loan
 to buy;  to purchase;  to value;  to have a high opinion;  to stir;  to provoke
 (separate) house;  detached house
 care;  looking after;  repair;  (police) raid;  crackdown
 very;  greatly;  immense;  enormous;  serious;  grave
 claim;  insistence;  assertion;  advocacy;  emphasis;  contention
 dining;  dining room;  meal