to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
first of all; at once; for now; for the time being; anyway; at least
peace of mind; relief; (sense of) security; safety; assurance; confidence
to let slip; to slide; to glide
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to gather; to collect; to assemble
influence; effect; impact
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
evacuation advisory; official advice to evacuate
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
to push aside; to push one's way through
platform; home; home base; home plate
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
(railway) sleeper; (railroad) tie; crosstie
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
outer circumference; perimeter; outskirts; periphery
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to lose one's footing; to slip
concentration (on a task); focusing one's attention; concentration (of population, buildings, power, etc.); centralization; within a collection of works
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
(traffic) congestion; traffic jam; gridlock; delay; stagnation
wall of people; crowd of people lined up (e.g. spectators); throng of people
boy; son; baby boy; young man
instability; insecurity; crankiness
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously