in a train (car, bus, etc.); on a train
lush mountain; green mountain; grave; burial place
National Diet Library; Library of Congress
shoulder (of a road); berm
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
important post; important office; key position
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to push aside; to overcome (e.g. difficulties); to align; to put in order; (arch.) to push open
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
dividing vertically; vertical split; top-to-bottom sectioning; division into sections; splitting lengthwise
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
each place; various places
to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to disguise oneself as; to change radically; to metamorphose; to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)
better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
instead; but (on the other hand)
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
to seize (secure) evidence
to suppress one's emotions
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
he; she; samurai's attendant (in a var. of origami); type of popular song accompanied by dance from the Edo period
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
Western painting; Western film; Western movie
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum