direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
ago; since; before; previous
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
development; exploitation
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
ready-built house; built-for-sale house
group; bunch; crowd; group
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
stepwise; one step at a time
stairs; stairway; staircase
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
suddenly and in a loud voice (e.g. sobbing)
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
vice-minister (Meiji period); undersecretary
the way back; the way home; return trip