contest; comparison; competition
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
time; hour; period; class
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
of course; certainly; naturally
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe
to order; to command; to appoint
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
tenth day of the month; ten days
Ginza (shopping district in Tokyo); (Edo period) silver mint
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
to shout (in anger); to yell
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
to thrust away; to send flying
to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
huh?; eh?; what?; oh; hey!; look!
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly