office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
spreading; laying out; security deposit; Japanese mattress
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
elevated (structure); overhead
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
to polish; to shine; to brush (e.g. teeth); to refine (e.g. a skill); to improve; to cultivate
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
(arch.) small cedar; thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period)
taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
it's no joke; gimme a break!
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
such; like that; that sort of; very
primary colour; primary color; pure color; unmixed color; original color (of a painting, etc. as opposed to a reproduction)
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
group; crowd; flock; herd; bevy; school
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
body; group; party; gang; troupe; troop
talking while standing; standing around talking
thickheaded; slow-witted; phlegmatic; slow (of one's movements); sluggish
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable