to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered; to roll one's eyes up and down
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
girl (usu. between 7 and 17); young lady; (arch.) female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryō period)
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
just like that; quite so; I agree; that street
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
the front; honest; upright; decent
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; penis; (one's) thing
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
myself; yourself; I; me; you
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
reflection; reconsideration; introspection; regret; repentance; remorse
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
bikini model (usually teenage); pin-up girl
left arm; left-handed (baseball pitcher)
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)