thrust; driving force; propulsion
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
traffic; coming and going; highway
to be digested; to master (a skill); to be proficient; to mature (e.g. personality); to mellow; to mature (foodstuff)
understanding; comprehension; grasp; perception; appreciation; mastery (of an art or skill)
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally
hotel in the center of the city
executive floor; club floor
safety confirmation; confirming (something) is safe
ordinary; sensible; commonplace
preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
diversionary tactics (maneuvering); disguise; hide by camouflage
main road; main thoroughfare
to participate in; to take part in; to play a part in; to receive; to be given; to enjoy
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
joint together; opposite; facing
discharge (e.g. of water from a dam); release (of young fish into a river, pond, etc.); stocking (a river, etc. with fish); (arch.) banishment; (arch.) exile
oversight; omission; something overlooked; thing left unnoticed
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
cheering in chorus; saying in unison
strong power of the state; iron fist; heavy hand
deposit; payment; money received; money due
Arabian jasmine (Jasminum sambac)
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
honest; respectable; respectable occupation (i.e. not yakuza, prostitute, etc.); person in a respectable occupation
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
addition; increase; Canada
disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)