station; office; guardroom
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to weave into; to interweave; to be incorporated in; to be factored in
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
the grass; grassy place (esp. with long dense grass)
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
public commitment; public promise; campaign pledge; official vow
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; word that has become passé
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
to lose; to miss; to forget; to be excessive
haniwa; hollow unglazed terracotta figure from the Kofun period
suffrage; the right to vote
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
application; request; petition
wind direction; situation; way things are going; mood; temper
as many (people) as possible
you (plural); all of you; you all
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
irritant odor; irritant odour; irritating smell (odor, odour)