no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to rush over; to run up to
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
face; looks; vestiges; trace
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
royal capital; imperial capital
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)
white plaster wall; tofu; bean curd
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
to mask; to cover; to cloak; to hide; to conceal
as far as the eye can see
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
very popular; highly favoured
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
right of succession; right to the throne
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
unforgivable; inexcusable; unpardonable
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert