supermarket; subtitles; telop; superheterodyne; super
private; exclusive; secret
waste of time; killing time
engagement; business; affair; use; need
while being out of the office or away from home
very likely; very probable
last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
written description of one's thoughts
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
Japanese-style confectionary store
toll parking lot; toll car park
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
residence; housing; residential building
shepherd's song; pastoral poem; pastoral song; pastoral
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
action of making something; -ification
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
to name; to call; to christen; to term
(walking a long distance) at a steady pace; trudgingly
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
ladies' bicycle (of a kind often used by housewives, usu. with a basket in front); granny bike
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
cram school; part-time school preparing students for entrance examinations
to be erected; to be built