to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason
authentic work (as opposed to a fake)
chief; main; principal; major
totalization; totalisation; aggregation; tally (e.g. of votes); adding up; summing up
interest; rights; concession
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to manage; to control; to supervise; to crack down on; to keep under strict control; to enforce
underground train; subway
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
dance hall; dance floor; landing (stairs); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); period of stagnation
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to head towards; to direct one's steps to
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
few decades; many decades; several decades
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
nature of the locality; character of a place; local colour; local color
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
London King's Cross railway station
hesitation; indecision; vacillation
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank
old-fashioned; ancient-looking; time-worn
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)