environment; circumstance
to blossom; to flower; to bloom
shopping street; shopping district
it is not (like that) either
housing district; residential district
having said that; on the other hand
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
somehow; for some reason or other
postwar period; period after Second World War
several years; a few years
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
form; shape; figure; visage
halfway; midway; partway; mid-course
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
the other side of a river; the other side of the tracks; place where lower class people live
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
both countries; Ryōgoku (area of Tokyo)
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
to make a distinction; to differ; to be different