to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
correction (of fault, defect, flaw, etc.); remedy; rectification; redress; reform
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to fall ill; to be taken ill
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
something to wear; clothes
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
transfer (of one's name into another family register); transfer (to another team, company, etc.)
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
to add (one thing to another); to add (a few more words, an explanation, etc.)
high-rise apartment building; high-rise condominium; tower block
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
real estate agent; realtor
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
combined living-room and dining-room
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
to rise (suddenly) in the world (to a higher position)
to throw oneself down; to lie down
abuse; invective; denunciation; sharp criticism
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
Japanese Self-Defense Force official; Self-Defense Force official
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
though one didn't intend (expect) to
contest; competition; struggle; scramble
back street; back alley; off-street
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
graphics card; video card
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
stands; bleachers; stand (e.g. newspaper stand); counter (e.g. lunch counter); stand (e.g. inkstand); desk lamp
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture