endurance; perseverance; patience
great disaster; catastrophe; train wreck
helmet; hard hat; protective headgear
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
electrically powered; electric
drift; drifting (driving technique); controlled skid
checking (someone's) vital signs
light overcoat (worn in spring and autumn); topcoat
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
being in shape; holding a dignified appearance
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
derisory; negligible; minimal; nominal; imperceptible
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
second marriage; remarriage
independent state; independent nation
Old World (i.e. Asia, Africa, Europe)
metal fittings; metal fixtures
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
generous; magnanimous; big-hearted; broad-minded; (lit.) big-bellied
one's (official) authority; ex-officio authority; power
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
teacher; instructor; professor
every single word and phrase; word by word
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
sympathy; empathy; response; identification (with someone)
to have a smattering knowledge of
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
running; tank top (worn as an undergarment or sportswear); vest; singlet