easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
fundraising; financing; cash flow
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to be unreasonable; to whine; to throw a tantrum
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
interview; audience; meeting; (viewing) party
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
sleeping pill; sleep medication
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
festival; feast; carnival
to gather; to collect; to assemble
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
couscous; cuscus (variety of phalanger)
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to gather (attract, receive) attention; to have a high profile; to gain prominence; to become popular
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
street stall; stand; booth
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
scramble intersection; pedestrian scramble; X-crossing; diagonal crossing; intersection allowing pedestrians to cross simultaneously in any direction
to mistake (A for B); to misread
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder