high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
wire mesh net; net made out of metal wire
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
nice; likeable; desirable
housing district; residential district
opening a port (seaport, airport, etc.); starting operations at a port; opening a port to foreign vessels or trade
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
inside the harbour; inside the harbor
full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion
to begin to dance; to break into a dance
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
buttocks; behind; undersurface; bottom; last place; end
death by crushing; being crushed to death
8000; eight thousand; many
orderly; regular; systematic; well-organized; well-organised; trim
on a line; on the borderline (between); on the verge (of); on the brink (of)
northern part; the north (of a region)
bamboo thicket; bamboo grove
fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening; signs (of); indications; stirrings
each place; various places
newspaper report; press reporting
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
guidance; leading; induction; introduction; incitement; inducement
recovery; undoing; recall
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
(licensed) red light district
to be pretentious; to put on airs; to show off
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
taking no notice (of); showing no interest (in); paying no attention (to); ignoring completely