(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
back; backing; going backwards; background; backdrop; backhand; backer
roller coaster; big dipper
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
surreal; surrealism; shul; schul
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store
piece; fragment; one (object)
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
distant look; faraway look
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
washing; sashimi chilled in iced water
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly
damp; moist (negative nuance)
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age