Japanese person; Japanese people
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
end (e.g. of a line); tail end; rear; backmost part
noisily; clamorously; incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; loudly (crying); wailing
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
inside a plane; in-flight
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
something or other; this and that; one thing this, another thing that; blah blah blah
South Pole; the Antarctic; Antarctica
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
empty; hollow; bare; vacant; deserted
being used to ...; getting used to ...; being accustomed to; being conditioned to; be familiar with
exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
(made of) stone; stone-built
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
present location; current location; "you are here" (on map)
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to; to become intimate (of a man and woman); to get close; to get married
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
waiting for the traffic lights to change
to emit a voice; to emit a sound; to be able to speak
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to meet (the enemy) and attack; to engage (the approaching enemy); to confront; to intercept