tolerance level; permissible range; acceptable limits
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
three-way junction; three-way intersection
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
person concerned; interested party; related party
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to arouse someone's interest; to whet (appetite); to be appealing; to be intriguing; to be fascinating
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to turn the rudder of a ship; to change direction (of policy, etc.)
superficial; half-hearted; shallow
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to be needed; to be wanted
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to care for someone; to look after someone
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
to knead; to mix; to complicate; to turn into a mess
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst
rain; rainy day; rainy weather; the November suit (in hanafuda)
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
to squash; to crush; to flatten
so; like this; in this way
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
sleet; daikon shavings; grated daikon; shaved ice topped with honey
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief