opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
that's the way it is; such is life
fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
reason ends where love begins; in love, reason takes flight; love is a blind guide; love makes fools of us all; (lit.) love is blind
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
after a long time; for the first time in a while
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; development; improvement
stroller; buggy; pushchair; pram
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
university student; college student
refined; genteel; graceful; decent
old couple; elderly couple
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill; check; bill; promissory note
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
café; cafe; coffeehouse; hostess bar (serving western alcoholic beverages; Taisho and Showa period)
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
to (be able to) agree (with); to be able to accept; to find acceptable; to be convinced; to understand
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
and yet; though; when; in spite of
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted