spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
considerably; fairly; quite
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
commuting to school; school commute
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
commuter pass; season ticket
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
considerably; greatly; a lot
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete
bakery; baker; pastry shop
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
senior high school student
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
wherein; therein; thereinto