to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
hard to reach place; remote place
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
third day of the month; three days
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to face; to go towards; to head towards
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
business trip; official trip
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
prize money; monetary award; reward
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
technique; art; skill; move
arrest; apprehension; capture
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
ship; boat; tank; tub; counter for boat-shaped containers (e.g. of sashimi)
you bastard!; you son of a bitch!
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
invasion; incursion; raid; aggression; intrusion; trespass
too much; excessively; too
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
to push; to press; to apply pressure from above; to press down; to stamp (i.e. a passport); to apply a seal; to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
proof; evidence; certificate; license; to testify (usu. Christian religious context); enlightenment
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
pass (e.g. backstage pass); permit (to pass or travel); laissez passer; passport
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception