operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
to board (a train, plane, etc.); to get into (a car); to get on (a bus); to march into; to enter; to arrive (at, in)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
linear; linear motor train; linear induction motor train; magnetic levitation train
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
fault; trouble; damage (to a part of the body); injury; problem; hitch
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
one face; one surface; the whole surface; one aspect; one side; (on) the other hand; one broad, flat object
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
land readjustment; town planning
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
safe; vault; storage cabinet
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
information board; building directory
ancient times; prehistoric times
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
from the beginning; without hesitation; entirely; completely; head-on; head-first
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
investigation (esp. in academic and scientific contexts); finding out the facts; bringing (a matter) to light; inquiring into
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
description; expression (in words); qualification (e.g. of a noun with an adjective); form; figure; appearance
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered