continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
time; hour; period; class
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
available; usable (e.g. bandwidth)
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
such ... as; or some such
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
(air or sea) route; course; line; run
something like ...; something called ...
company; corporation; workplace
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
if it is the case that ...
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
participation; joining; entry; adherence
established; fixed; prearranged; predetermined
that's the way it is; such is life