your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
(a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
subsection head; assistant manager; chief clerk
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error (e.g. in calculation); to confuse; to mistake something for something else
a little; a bit; slightly
representative; exemplary; model
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to banter; to make fun of; to cool; to refrigerate; to window-shop; to look at without buying
conscious; deliberate; intentional
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
founder; organizer; organiser
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
is something that; is that which
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
highly unpredictable; touch and go
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
swift attack; quick attack; fast break; right away; without delay; immediately
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly