town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
while; even though; despite
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
Japanese person; Japanese people
man; male; masculine gender
actual place; actual location; the spot; place where one is currently living
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
character; personality; (fictional) character; letter; character
print; printing; (printed) copy; handout; flyer
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
still; as yet; as it has been
firmly rooted; deep-seated
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for
wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
to freeze (of one's body); to be frozen; to become numb (with cold); to be chilled
powder snow; powdery snow
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
considerably; fairly; quite
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
final exam; term-end examination; end-of-term examination
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
not worth considering; out of the question
having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic