maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
scenery; scene; landscape
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
business; trade; operations; sales
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
receptionist; reception woman
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; (lit.) the trouble of coming (going)
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
tea; tea plant (Camellia sinensis); tea preparation; making tea; brown; (arch.) mockery
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
sit down; sit up; Sit! (to a dog)
to be opposite; to face each other
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
one more time; once more; once again
newly appointed; inaugural
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
death rate; mortality rate
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
end; tip; extremities; terminal
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to hunt (animals); to search (for a criminal); to go looking for (flowers, etc.); to gather (mushrooms)
rampancy; prevalence; domination