highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
supply; provision; raising; procurement
transport; freight; shipping; moving (goods)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board
word for word; verbatim; literally
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
word game; wordplay; playing with words
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
(listed in) no particular order; arbitrary order; random order
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
always; constantly; at all times; habitually
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
for the time being; at present; (arch.) hindrance
being without a name; being nameless; namelessness
to become completely dry; to dry out; to dry up; to parch
to rest one's chin in one's hands
stature; body height; one's means; one's status; one's ability
reddish-black; iron blue; greenish-black; steel gray
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
fiction; fabrication; concoction
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
doll; puppet; marionette; puppet (person under the control of another); straw man; yes-man
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
to satisfy the requirements
invalid; void; ineffective; unavailable
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
possible; conceivable; likely; probable
neck; head; dismissal (from a job); firing
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance
proper; right; reasonable