movement; move; motion; trend; development; change
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
space (room, area, outer space)
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
surroundings; environs; circumference
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
display window; shop window; store window
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
parking on the streets; on-street parking
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
one by one; one after another; successively
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to shorten the distance (between); to close the gap (e.g. on the leader); to get closer (e.g. to someone); to close in (on)
each time it happens; at all such times
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)