neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
ditch; drain; gutter; gap (between cutting guides)
one's turn for doing the sweeping (cleaning)
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
way; manner; (for) the first time in (e.g. ten years); after ...; ...-sized; amount (equivalent to ...)
doing; in such a state; doing together; doing to each other; familiarizing suffix (sometimes meaning "small")
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you; you shouldn't have; it's too much
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
housewives' choral group; mothers' chorus group
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to be able to manage somehow or other
time; hour; period; class
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
tuning (an instrument); temperament
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
just; exactly; precisely; perfectly; sharp
accurate; correct; precise; exact
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
it's been a long time; long time no see
activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
shopping district; shopping street; downtown