highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
in that way; thus; so; so?
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus); common dolphinfish; dolphin; dorado
agreement; stipulation; contract
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
arriving at the present; present-day; to arrive at the present day
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
feeling; sense; impression
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
intercalary month (lunar calendar); leap month
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
now; the present time; just now; another; more
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
deep emotion; strong feelings
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in