to exchange glances; to correspond; to counterbalance
degree of attention; profile
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
(not) in any way; (not) at all; (none) whatsoever; what kind of
in a crowd; in droves; crawling (of insects); swarming; dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
testimony; (verbal) evidence
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
single-storied house; single-storied building
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
store interior; inside of a shop
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
man; male; masculine gender
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
hoot hoot; tu-whit tu-whoo; oh!; I see; huh!