to hold fast; to protect to the end
already; now; no longer; not any more
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to pick up; to find; to gather
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
1,000,000; one million; million; many
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
small sum (e.g. of money); small denomination
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
in comparison to; rather than
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
metre; meter; meter; gauge
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
hundred-yen store; 100 yen shop
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
(department) store; (department) stores
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
of no interest; not interested
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
top hundred; hundred best
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
in proportion to; just as much as
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness