taking on (a challenge); attempt; try; tackling; challenging (someone to a contest)
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
three; three years of age
platform; home; home base; home plate
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over
domestic air route; domestic airline (company)
national railway; Japan National Railways (1949-1987)
oracle; revelation; divine message
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies
deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
Mary (mother of Jesus); the Virgin Mary; Mary (of Magdala); Mary Magdalene
neat and clean; tidy; trim
right in the middle (of); midst; height
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
central part; heart (of a city)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
to pray; to say a prayer; to offer up a prayer
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
round shape; circle; circular form
field; sports stadium; arena
arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes