route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
following; pursuing; tracking; shadowing; tailing; chasing
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
to go downhill; to go down a slope
relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
in this manner; in this way; like this
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to add up to; to advance (in price)
if you think about it; come to think of it
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
oh; right; I see; OK; gotcha
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
handy; convenient; suitable; reasonable; moderate
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
to launch; to shoot up; (of waves) to dash; to wash up (ashore); to finish (e.g. a theater run, sumo tournament); to close
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
the other day; previously; last time; last (Sunday, summer, etc.); previous (e.g. mayor, chapter)
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to smile (at); to grin (at)
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
close to the wall; alongside the wall
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)