road construction; roadworks; road repairs
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
coating (esp. lacquering)
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
sidewalk café; footpath café
little by little; bit by bit
to fill (with); to be filled with; to express (an emotion); to project (sadness, joy, etc.); to wear (e.g. a smile)
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
parched; dried-up; empty; hollow; rattling; clattering
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
to drift (to); to be washed ashore
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to brew a beverage (with hot water)
leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)
to attack; to assail; to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.); to make a sudden visit
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
quick; swift; nimble; quick (understanding, judgement, etc.); alert; prompt