quickly; promptly; immediately; indifferently; coldly
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
taboo word; forbidden topic; words or phrases not allowed (in waka and haikai)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
loss; waste (e.g. of time); feeling of loss; Los Angeles; L.A.
middle of the night; dead of night
electric noticeboard; electric scoreboard; electric bulletin board
accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)
diamond; (railway) schedule; timetable; diagram
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
principle; aim; purport; gist; instructions; orders
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
big problem; major issue; big controversy
to slide into; to slip into
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
public transport disruption
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
pushing and shoving; jostling; hustling
to screw in; to thrust into; to push into; to protest (and seek rectification); to complain
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
is something that; is that which
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to be crowded; to be packed; to be jammed
sorry to trouble you, but ...; excuse me, but ...; pardon me, but ...
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
rushing to get on the train (bus, etc.) before the door closes
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
to jump up; to leap up; to fly up (into the sky); to soar up; to jump ahead; to skip ahead
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate