fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
entering service (on a route; of a plane or ship); going into commission; being in service
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
the other day; a few days ago
Venus flytrap; Venus's flytrap
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to be surprised; to be astonished
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to fall on one's backside
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
timidity; cowardice; prudence; pedantry
episode; anecdote; vignette