police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
pedestrian crossing; crosswalk
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
unfairness; injustice; partiality
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
serious look (on one's face); straight face
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
reorganization; reorganisation
bargain sale; selling cheaply; giving out freely
national (e.g. hero, pastime, consensus); relevant to all citizens; popular on a national level
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
theatre; theater; playhouse
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
elder sister; older female friend
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to be absorbed in reading
(sleeping) peacefully; quietly; soundly
innocent; cherubic; childlike
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
turning over while sleeping in bed; betrayal; double-crossing
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
to tumble down; to roll down
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
delusion; trick of the imagination