renovation; overhaul; update; repair; improvement; renewal
party (gathering, celebration, etc.); party (group, political, etc.)
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
tenant (usu. office block, shopping center, etc.)
in comparison to; rather than
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to demolish; to tear down; to pull down
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
man who is popular with women
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
cabbage (Brassica oleracea)
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
at work; in the midst of work; working
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
real estate company; real estate firm; property firm
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
landowner; landlord; landlady
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
one thin flat object; one sheet
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that