study; library; den; home office; reading room
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
to be forward; to be impertinent
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
woman; female; feminine gender
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
eldest child; oldest child; first child; eldest son; oldest son
from now on; after this; in the future; from here; from this point
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
article; news story; report; account
heading; headline; index; headword
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
hut; house; boarding house; school dormitory; (arch.) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km)
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
true Tokyoite; Edoite; person born and raised in Edo
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
resonance; sympathetic vibration
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
depending on; dependent on
characteristic vibration; normal mode
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
to begin making a sound (ringing, singing, crying, etc.)
wave motion; undulation; surge; wave
to crumble away; to collapse
rank (of troops); line; formation; array; procession
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple