the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to reach back into one's memory; to search one's mind; to recall
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
station wagon; estate car; minivan; people carrier
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
long (time that has passed); old (story)
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
to be smeared; to be covered
to yearn for (someone, something); to miss
Shōwa era (1926.12.25-1989.1.7); reminiscent of the Shōwa era; Shōwa- nostalgic; old-fashioned
early (days); initial stage; initial
opening a business; opening a practice
mountain forest; forest on a mountain; montane forest; mountains and forest
slope; slanting surface; bevel
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
decrease; reduction; decline
as; because; with; due to
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
along the road; at the side of the road
form of a character (e.g. simplified, traditional); type; typeface; font
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name