high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
low-rise (architecture); low-level; low-class
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
distant (from someone); aloof; estranged; knowing little (of); ill-informed (about); ignorant (of)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; soya bean (Glycine max); soybean; female genitalia (esp. the clitoris); kidney; small
such; like that; that sort of; very
after a short while; not long after; soon; before long; shortly thereafter
stag seaweed (Codium fragile); green sea fingers; dead man's fingers; felty fingers; forked felt-alga; sponge seaweed
to make coffee; to brew coffee
obsession; fixation; complaining; criticizing; speciality (e.g. of restaurants)
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
to saw; to grind (e.g. coffee beans); to mill
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to mix with; to be mixed; to be mingled
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
low table; table with very short legs
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
book in Japanese; book bound in the Japanese style
in spite of; regardless of
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
book; volume; this; present; main; head
letter; missive; note; mail
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
jaw; chin; barb (of a fishhook)
child; childish person; immature person
way of taking (a pill); way of drinking