shoulder (of a road); berm
crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel
mobilization; going into action; being dispatched; being sent out; being called in; turning out
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
when one finds a moment; when one can find the time
delivery from a storehouse; shipping; leaving a garage; leaving the depot
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
rival; competitor; competition
standing in each other's way; holding each other back; getting in the way of each other's success; hindering each other's progress
to compare with the eye; to judge by comparison; to take into consideration; to bear in mind
to rev (up) an engine; to race an engine
output (electrical, signal, etc.)
unfair; unjust; wrongful; improper; unreasonable; unwarranted
floor; dance floor; sales floor; floor (of a building); storey
opening and shutting; opening and closing
engineer; technical officer
damper; dance party; dance partner
suspicious object (e.g. potential bomb); suspicious substance
to move forward; to move on
two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages
attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to drive into; to ride into; to extend (a railway line, bus route, etc.) into; to link (a railway line) with; to join up with (a separate line)
several items; many items
fabric; cloth; textiles; measure of kimono material
chestnut manjū (filled with a paste of red bean and chestnut)
red bean paste; red bean jam; filling (e.g. of a manjū); stuffing; padding
mooncake; disc-shaped confection of wheat-flour dough filled with bean paste, usu. eaten during Autumn in China
report; notification; registration
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
squeeze (play); (in scuba diving) discomfort or pain caused by increasing water pressure compressing body air spaces and pushing body tissue inward
tissue paper; tissue; facial tissue
staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly
falling over; toppling sideways