for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
patterns of thinking; train of thought
corporate drone; corporate slave
to change completely; to switch (to); to shift (to another mode)
mental; spiritual; emotional
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
citizen of a prefecture; prefectural citizen
period of time; time slot; time zone
jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines
to complain; to make a complaint
genuine article; real thing; real deal
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
courtesy call; going around to say hello (or goodbye) to everybody; making the rounds
environment; circumstance
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
this and that; one thing or another
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
hi; hello; hey; listen!; oh; come on!
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
with a clash; with a thud; unexpectedly (meeting someone); suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt)
to happen to meet; to come across