without; but if; otherwise; or else
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
pathogenic bacteria; germ; pathogen
extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits); elimination; making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings; curing illness
while; during (the time when)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
(essential) utilities; lifeline
aging; wearing out; deterioration
city planning; urban planning; town planning
to emboss; to print out; to print; to work out (e.g. policy); to hammer out; to strike (a drum indicating the end of a performance)
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
to be the ruin of (a person)
estimate (of costs); budget
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
starting (construction) work
to repeat; to be frequent
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to tie; to fix; to attach
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
gauge; standard; length; size; (measuring) rule; scale
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to stand on tiptoe; to rise in the world; to become arrogant
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
homeless; homeless person
to hate; to dislike; to loathe