just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
confluence (of rivers); merge (of traffic); conflux; union (e.g. of forces); linking up; merging
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to meet; to meet up; to rendezvous; to join (of roads, rivers, etc.); to flow together
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
seven tenths; seventy percent; seven hundreds; seven percent
hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
eight-tenths; casting someone out; type of baggy tobi trousers with the baggy part taking up eight-tenths of the full length of the trouser leg
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
general mobilization; general mobilisation
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
father; dad; husband; you; he
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be