(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
publisher; publishing house; publishing company
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
ten; 10; ten years of age
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
glasses; eyeglasses; judgment; judgement; four-eyes
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
long coat; full-length coat
to wear (from the shoulders down); to put on; to take (the blame, responsibility); to bear
narrow (blade); slender (figure, build); thin
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
brown; light brown; tawny
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
to dye; to colour; to color
ear; hearing; ear (for music, etc.); edge; crust; ear (of a pot, jug, etc.)
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
earrings (for pierced ears); ear piercing; body piercing
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
juvenile delinquents roaming about the city in groups
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
to surround; to crowd around; to gather around; to encircle; to besiege
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
wallet; purse; coin purse; billfold; pocketbook
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)