to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
at first; in the beginning; originally
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
originally; by nature; from the start
everybody; every last one of them; all
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; around; about; round about
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
Kagi; Chiayi (Jiayi), city and county in central Taiwan
Japanese league; ri; neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes); unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m)
company; association; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.
table; desk; counter for tables, desks, etc.; offering table before an altar (sometimes used in tea ceremony); tabletop incense burner
great mountain; large mountain
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
narrow-gauge railway; light railway
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; (railway) truck; bogie; flatcar
within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland
center; centre; middle; Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)
basin (e.g. between mountains)
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
drenched with sweat; sweaty all over
the whole body; all one's (strength, anger, spirit, etc.)
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to boost; to force up; to push up
Japanese person; Japanese people
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match