local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
timewise; temporal; chronal
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
national border; provincial border
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
transactions; dealings; business
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
this is why; this means; it is the case that
imported article; imported goods
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); mail; post; opportunity; chance
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
territory (of country, feudal domain, etc.); (arch.) counter for suits of clothing, sets of armor, etc.
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
starting a business; promotion of enterprise
it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is...
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
means of transportation; transport service
horse; horse racing; promoted bishop
burden; load; responsibility; bearing (a cost, responsibility, etc.); shouldering
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
fourteenth day of the month; fourteen days
journey; route of a journey
tenth day of the month; ten days
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)