structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
traffic light; traffic signal; signal (mechanism); semaphore (apparatus)
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
retention; maintenance; preservation
thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts
to understand; to make out
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
to smooth; to harmonize; to facilitate; to streamline
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
both (people); the two of them
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
to get entangled (with each other); to get muddled together
to defy accepted norms; to go off the rails; to be eccentric
descent; fall; drop; decline; downturn; subsidence
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
empty; hollow; bare; main hall of a temple (often vast and empty)
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
having one's fill (of food or drink); eating (drinking) to one's heart's content; enjoying to the full
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to smile back (at a person); to answer someone's smile
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
to comfort; to console; to amuse
just past noon; afternoon
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied
to melt (and become soft or liquid); to be enchanted (by); to be charmed; to be bewitched
tug of war; forward puller (of a rickshaw)
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness; clean impression
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
expansion; swelling; increase; growth
wolf (Canis lupus); wolf in sheep's clothing; womanizer
The Three Little Pigs (fable)
last days; the end; one's fate
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
damp; moist; (slightly) wet; quiet; calm; peaceful