opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex; to go into; to put into; to do intently
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
mobile telephone; cellular telephone
function; facility; faculty; feature
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
service center; call center
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to slim down; to lose weight
convenient; handy; useful
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
limit (amount, e.g. on credit card, loan, expenditure)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit; use
new functionality; new feature
changing cell phone models
the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
modern convenience; convenience of civilized life; blessings of civilization
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to surround; to crowd around
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition