welfare; public welfare; social welfare; (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
going to and fro; back and forth
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
to find out; to discover; to detect
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
guard; security (officer); guardsman
station; office; guardroom
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
gossip; corner of the mouth
breath; breathing; tone; mood
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
stairs; stairway; staircase
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
name; given name; first name
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
absence; disregard; indifference
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
sorry; excuse me; thank you
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold