one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
rope; cord; policeman's rope
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
very fast; in a twinkle; before one's eyes
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
infancy; childhood; tender age
to compete with; to vie for
natural; reasonable; understandable
scenery; scene; landscape
riverside; edge of a river
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
rolled egg; rolled omelette (omelet); fried egg; frying pan for making rolled eggs
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
back-and-forth; neck-and-neck
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
fee; charge; rate; material
worldly affairs; ways of the world
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to look toward; to have one's eyes drawn towards something
rapidly; vigorously; by leaps and bounds; steadily
exquisite; superb; perfect; miraculous
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
longer type of wakizashi (short sword); gambler