explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
explosion; rupture; break off
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
handle; steering wheel; handlebar; handlebars; handle; screen name
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
to step on; to trample down; to tread on
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
contract; compact; agreement
road service (for motor vehicles); roadside assistance
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
card (information, filing, etc.); card (greetings, congratulations, etc.); (Western) playing cards; credit card; debit card; match; game
automobile inspection certificate; vehicle inspection sticker
to give directions; to issue instructions
call; summons; 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); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
dark clouds; threatening signs; ominous indications
torrential rain; heavy rain; cloudburst; downpour
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
emergency measure; emergency procedures; first-aid treatment; stop-gap treatment; temporary repairs
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
space (room, area, outer space)
repair; mending; fixing; servicing