to play a role; to serve a function; to play a part
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
final; eventual; ultimate
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to go out of fashion
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
excursion; field trip; school trip
theme; topic; subject matter; motif; project; slogan
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
synthesis; coordination; putting together; comprehensive
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
present; current; in operation
laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
unloading (a ship); landing
shipping; shipment; forwarding
road (or railway) cut through hilly terrain; cutting
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
trial manufacture; experiment; test piece; prototype
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
archeologist; archaeologist
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
pushing by hand; hand gilding
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
short distance; short range; short-haul
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance