to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
department store; department
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
isolation; being alone; being friendless
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
fortress; stronghold; citadel
it seems that ...; it appears that ...; is like ...; is similar to ...
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
in that way; thus; so; the same; so?
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
is not ... either; is (neither ...) nor ...; nor is it ...; does not ... either; (neither ...) nor ...; does not even ...
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
classification; assortment
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
on good terms (with); on friendly terms (with); (getting along) well; in harmony; happily; peacefully
to adjoin each other; to sit side by side
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
to give; to let (one) have; to give; to do for one; to take the trouble to do; to do to someone's disadvantage