(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
wanted; wished for; in need of; I want (you) to
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
walking; strolling; roaming; wandering; exploring
while; during; while; although; all; both
in this way; thus; such; uh...
to collect; to assemble; to gather
sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)
primness; prim person; clear soup; water for rinsing sake cups (at a banquet, etc.)
Benten (goddess of arts and wisdom)
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
back off!; leave me alone!
every month; each month; monthly
in full force; in great numbers; in droves; large-scale project; grand plan
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
God; god; ace; king; superior person
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded
well-known only to those in the know; be well-known but to the few; highly regarded by a select few
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
to be talked about; to get a name for oneself; to get publicity
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...