Vocabulary

riding together; sharing a car (taxi, etc.); ridesharing

support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation

charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk

ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making

miracle; wonder; marvel

blunder; slip; error

dictionary; lexicon

face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts)

coal mine; (coal) pit; colliery

sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time

to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to expedite; to precipitate

(in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while

separate; respective; different

theory; reason; logic

to branch; to fork; to diverge

my; our; one's own

Shinbashi (Tokyo)

ticket

to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down; to get off

flight (e.g. airline flight); trip (e.g. train trip); sailing (e.g. ferry voyage); service; flight

grandmother

obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit

mind and body

young and energetic; up-and-coming; new and excellent; newly produced; up-and-comer

rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new

new building; new construction

truth

God; god; deity; divinity; spirit; kami

relative; relation; kin

one's person

personality; character; individuality; personhood

human body

humane

personal connections

estimate; estimation

Wednesday

tree sparrow (Passer montanus)

conquest; domination; supremacy; mastery

nature (of a person); disposition; temperament; character

upstart; nouveau riche; new money; new rich; coming into wealth suddenly