Tokyo-Nagoya Expressway; Tomei Expressway
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
parking area; parking lot; rest stop; service area
supply; supplying; replenishment
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
original; primitive; primary; fundamental; raw
interchange; service interchange
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to take command; to give direction
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
irregular; atypical; anomalous; anomalistic; abnormal
whim; caprice; whimsy; fickle; moody; uneven temper
vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery
government office; public office
subcontractor; subcontracting company
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
recklessness; rashness; foolhardiness; temerity; (lit.) without watching where one is going
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
romanticist; romantic; dreamer
to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
setting up (a structure, building, camp, etc.); construction; preparation (e.g. of a venue); arrangement (of an event)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with