departure; leaving; setting off
national road; national highway
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
falling asleep at the wheel
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
succeeding; following; trailing; next
casualties; the killed and wounded
unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination; unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; credit (in school, university, etc.); point
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
for a long time; at (great) length; lengthily; (extending) far; (stretching) out; (lying down) at full length
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
all you have to do is; just; that's all
needle (compass, gauge, etc.); hand (clock); indicator; guiding principle; guideline; guide
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
deep-seated grudge; hatred
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
natural phenomenon (phenomena)
to consider others' feelings; to sympathize with someone's feelings
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
way one walks; one's walk
drought; long spell of dry weather
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to burn; to kindle; to heat (a bath); to light (a stove); to use (a camera flash)