barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to put on (of clothing); (lit.) to put (arms) through sleeves
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to use to the full (one's voice, energy, etc.); to muster all of (one's strength, courage, etc.); to summon all of; to exert fully; to strain (one's voice)
to be contrary to; to be inconsistent with; to act contrary to (rules or guidelines); to violate; to oppose; to rebel
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
intake (e.g. of salt); ingestion; absorption (e.g. of new knowledge); adoption (e.g. of foreign culture); reception and protection
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
document; official papers
gentle; mild; meek; tender
bento; Japanese box lunch
thereupon; shortly thereafter