independent action; acting alone
the other day; a few days ago
temporary transfer (of an employee); secondment; relocation; proceeding to; leaving for
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
good-for-nothing; worthless
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
now; the present time; just now; another; more
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
people; men and women; each person; everybody
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
memories; recollections; reminiscence
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly