to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
birth; creation; formation
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
(some) more; even more; longer; further
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
December; twelfth month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fourth day of the month; twenty-four days
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
Christmas Eve; holy night
lovely; wonderful; nice; great; fantastic; superb
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
relatively; comparatively
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
thirty-first day of the month; thirty-one days
New Year's Day; New Year's morning; morning of New Year's Day
what; how many; many; a lot of; several; a few
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
the year end; end of the year; last days of the year
to defer; to postpone; to move down
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision