meeting; assembly; association; conjunction
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
abundant; plentiful; rich; ample
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
time (three times, each time, etc.); times
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly; shaking one's head in refusal (like a child)
correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation; right decision; right choice; appropriate judgement
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
bank robbery; bank robber
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
shell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; (person's) back; years of experience
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
training; drill; practice; discipline
carelessly; thoughtlessly; inadvertently
to start to move; to get going; to come alive
theatre; theater; playhouse
completion; perfection; accomplishment
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
largest class; top category
composite; combined; complex
cultural facilities (art galleries, tea rooms, etc.)