city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
exhaust gas; exhaust fumes
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
apartment house; residential complex
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
originally; by nature; from the start
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
suspension of business; temporary closure (of a store, school, etc.); shutdown; holiday
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
to cause someone to worry
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
fresh made; freshly baked; freshly roasted
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
rucksack; knapsack; backpack
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
little by little; bit by bit; sparingly
to throw on the fire; to burn
fat; tallow; lard; grease
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
to wear (sword, decoration, etc.); to carry; to be entrusted (e.g. with a mission); to take on; to have a trace of; to be tinged with