creakingly; squeakingly; tightly (squeezing, pressing, etc.); (drinking) all in one sweep
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
unrequited love; one-sided love
besides; in addition; also; moreover
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
nakedness; nudity; bareness; nakedness; being penniless; concealing nothing
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
serious; not joking; straight
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to go out; to go around; to walk about; to roam
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
bungalow; one-story house
residence; housing; residential building
just above; right overhead
section; cross section; profile
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
ready-built house; built-for-sale house
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
innumerable; countless; numberless
night view; night skyline; nightscape
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
Pacific saury (Cololabis saira); mackerel pike
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
taste; liking; preference
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
with a glitter; with a sparkle; brand new; shiny and new
to polish up; to shine up
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a house, etc.)