older brother; elder brother
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
to leave; to exit; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to move forward; to come to; to get to
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
telephone call; telephone (device)
to have the privilege of doing
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
no problem; all right; not an issue; unobjectionable
that is to say; so that means
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
exposing fully; uncovering completely; being in full view; putting on display; not disguising
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to call again; to call someone back
waterproofing; making watertight
plentiful; abundant; definitely extant
area around the Hachikō statue at Shibuya Station in Tokyo (popular meeting point)
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
inundation; submersion; flood
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to be in time (for); to serve (suit, meet) the purpose; to be good enough; to be enough
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client