to be reasonable; to stand to reason; to be logical; to hold water
Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
passenger seat; assistant driver's seat
Mercury (Roman god); Mercury (planet); mercury (Hg)
job application form; employee satisfaction
rental car; rent-a-car; hired auto; car rental agency; car hire agency; hire car agency
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
unevenness; bumpiness; roughness; imbalance; inequality; unevenness
reimbursement; compensation; reparation; indemnity
in preparation (for); in case (of); in the lead-up (to)
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
Sanzu River (Buddhist equivalent of the River Styx)
meter; gauge; metre (i.e. 100 cm); meter; animator
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
agricultural land; farmland
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
destabilization; destabilisation
airmail; air mail; air service; air transport (of goods)
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
regional economy; local economy
sinking; foundering; getting dead drunk; having too much fun (esp. in a red-light district, etc.) and missing work or neglecting one's duties; staying in one place for a long time
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car
bonnet; (car) hood; bonnet (hat)
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
interception; monitoring; tapping
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to shake; to jolt; to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch)
unanticipated; unexpected
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
beyond this point; from now on; after this
interchange; service interchange