home area; home town; local
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
place of residence; dwelling place
free (of charge); gratuitous
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
with profound (often hidden) meaning; pregnant with significance; meaningful; suggestive; interesting
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
to continue to work; to work away (at)
for today; for the time being
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
having not the slightest idea
company housing; housing provided by one's company
personal; individual; private
real estate agent; realtor
being fond of; having a liking for; to the liking of; favored by; popular with
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
feeling startled; getting a shock; prank; practical joke
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
not knowing what's what; being unable to make heads or tails
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together