to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
end; close; finish; termination
light (e.g. colour, color)
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
joint struggle; common (united) front
prohibition; inhibition; ban
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
very great; enormous; serious
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
confidentially; privately; off the record
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
feigned; pretending (not to know)
(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least; (not) in the slightest
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
madness; insanity; irregularity; deviation; fanaticism; fanatic
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
certainly; surely; definitely
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to go along; to walk along; to follow
to glare at each other; to confront each other
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
(arch.) Japan; the eight Edo-period provinces of Kanto (Sagami, Musashi, Awa, Kazusa, Shimousa, Hitachi, Kouzuke and Shimotsuke)
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
district; section; sector
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
coming and going; traffic
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; coffeehouse; cafe