progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
coolie; laborer; labourer; carrier
replacement; substitution; change; shunting (rail); switching
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
at once; immediately; without delay; promptly
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to make an appearance; to show up
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
good-quality; superior in quality
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to accompany; to go with; to go together
parent; parents; dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.); banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
to take over; to hand over
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
end; conclusion; last; final; no sooner than; once
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
plight; fix; bind; awkward situation; difficult situation; mess
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
metre; meter; meter; gauge
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
even though; despite; when
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
approximate age; age range
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
pale; pallid; bluish-white