to approach; to draw near
article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale
to hold a thing in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to embrace (e.g. a baby); to take upon oneself; to be saddled with
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
street stall; stand; booth
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite
to permeate (of a stain, smell, etc.); to become ingrained; to become embedded; to become a deeply ingrained habit; to become second nature
cellar; cave; hole in the ground
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
life story; personal narrative; story of one's life
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
comparatively; relatively
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
pilfering; snatching; swiping; pilferer; (petty) thief; (bag) snatcher
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
meal (e.g. lunch, dinner); diet
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (of a book); (one) complete set (of books)
to happen to hear; to overhear
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe