lovers talk; sweet nothings
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
audio; audio equipment (esp. high-end)
prize money; monetary award; reward
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
March; third month of the lunar calendar
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute
comic strip with dramatic story
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
in order; in turn; one by one
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
real; realistic; serious; non-joking; realtime blog; real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
to understand (each other); to comprehend
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
to love one another; to be affectionate towards each other; to have sex; to make love
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
impact (on); (strong) impression; effect; impact (of a ball against a racket, bat, club, etc.)