cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
entrance (for passengers at a train station); passenger door (on a train, bus, etc.)
rail (track); (curtain) rail; track (for a sliding door); groundwork; spadework
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
rut; wheel track; distance between two wheels; gauge
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
foreign; abroad; overseas
railway track; railway line; railroad; railway; track; line
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
seeing things in a favourable light (favorable)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
boarding (a train, bus, etc.); getting into (e.g. a taxi)
in advance; beforehand; previously
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to come apart; to unravel; to come loose; to become disarrayed (e.g. hair)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
rotation (usu. around something); revolution; turning
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
to be opposite; to face each other
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
chair; stool; post; office; position
reserving (for exclusive use); (full) booking; chartering; block reservation
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
curious; strange; unusual
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
means of transportation; transport service