severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
environment; circumstance
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
picking up trash; collecting garbage
gym clothes; gym uniform; PE kit
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
place; situation; position; location
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
with a smooth, unhindered motion; speedily and without delay
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
eardrum; tympanic membrane
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
to make muddy (of a liquid); to make cloudy; to make turbid; to make ambiguous; to evade (e.g. the point); to be noncommittal about
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
single word; a few words; brief comment
too much; excessively; too
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
shyness; bashfulness; shame
heart; guts; nerve; central part
explosion; rupture; break off
quite capable of ...; could happen; not unlikely to
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
head; hair (on one's head); mind; brains; leader; chief; top
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to consider; to concern oneself about