joint; link; knot; tie-together point
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes
work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty
to gather; to collect; to assemble
inn town; post town; post-station town
model; miniature; sample; specimen; prescribed form
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
than; from; out of; except; but; more
cannot be compared with; no match for
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to complain; to make a complaint
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
in the face of; in defiance of
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
to rush over; to run up to
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
therefore; for that reason; such being the case
long (time that has passed); old (story)
than; other than; except; but
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
exactly as stated; verbatim
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
transshipment; reshipment
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to load (with goods, cargo); to put on board; to stow aboard
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
to have a good idea; to be able to predict