barrier; checkpoint; checking station
important matter; requirement; requisite; necessary condition
air route; air lane; by air; by plane
supply; supplying; replenishment
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
presentation (of a passport, ID, etc.); showing; production (e.g. of documents); presentation (of a plan, response, etc.); bringing up; citing (an example)
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
sampling (e.g. for a survey); extraction method
continuous; without a break
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
payment (of taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
affectation; pretension; thin veneer; blunt sword with a tempered steel edge
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
as stated; verbatim; literally
to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to accomplish; to finish; to carry through; to follow through
influential; prominent; leading; strong; powerful; likely
making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
omission; leaving out; abbreviation; abridgment; abridgement
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to get the hang of; to learn the secret to
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
roasting (e.g. of coffee)
germ (of a cereal, e.g. wheat, rice); embryo bud
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
cocoa butter; cacao butter; theobroma oil
to mash; to grind; to pulverize; to dissipate (a fortune); to run through; to lose
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
kneading; gloss; paste (e.g. bean paste, mustard paste); parading of portable shrines and floats at festivals