gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
faintly; weakly; dimly; fool; simpleton; dimwit
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
tatami mat; Japanese straw floor coverings
protuberance; projection; prominence; bump; boss; process
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
four corners; four ordinal directions
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
anchor (of a ship); last runner or swimmer in a relay team; news anchor; news presenter; anchor (clock component); pallet fork; anchor (HTML)
freight traffic (transportation); freightage; shipment
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
container (e.g. shipping); skip
passenger; traveller; traveler; tourist
milli-; 10^-3; millimetre; millimeter
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
cover; covering; cover song; cover version; coverage; to compensate for (a loss)
terminal (electricity); pin (on a semiconductor or microcontroller); port (e.g. LAN port)
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
remaining heat; waste heat
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
thunderous; rumbling; thunderously; rumblingly
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
lying face down; lying on one's face; placing upside down; placing face down
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
not factored in; not included in calculations; unaccounted for; unplanned for
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
three times; thrice; third (musical interval)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
lazy person; lazy fellow; slothful person
oracle; revelation; divine message
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
text (of a book, document, etc.); body (of a letter); this passage; this sentence
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)