tank (of fluid); cistern; vat; tank (military vehicle)
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
headlong rush; rushing recklessly
armoured vehicle; armored vehicle
to come back; to bloom a second time
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it; that sort of (thing mentioned immediately prior)
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
downhill; downward slope; descent; decline; waning; ebb
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
groan; moan; growl; snarl; hum (e.g. of a motor); buzz
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
shear (wind, fluids); chicken gizzard
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
going the wrong way; traveling in the opposite direction; going against the wind; running in reverse (of a motor, engine, etc.)
(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend; turning point; watershed
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
downhill road; descending road
brake; (a) stop (to a development, behavior, etc.); (the) brakes
to slide down; to slip down
down-train; train heading toward the ending point of its route; down-slope; downward going; downbound (esp. away from Tokyo); downstream
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
farewell; goodbye; adieu; if so; in that case; then
dead end; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage); end; end of the road; end point
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); moving back to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
to part left and right; to open out
to turn right; to turn to the right
to turn left; to turn to the left
branch road; forked road; branch; crossroads (of a course of events); turning point; parting of the ways
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; (fig.) footsteps; (fig.) wake