shopping district; shopping street; downtown
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!
almost; roughly; approximately
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
action committee; executive committee
graduation; completion (of a course); moving on (from); outgrowing (something); leaving (a group, company, etc.)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
in succession; one by one
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
home area; home town; local
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
to apply pressure from above; to press down; to overwhelm; to overpower; to repress
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
firm; strong; unbending; unyielding; uncompromising; stubborn
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
denial; negation; negation (logic); NOT operation
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
place; situation; position; location
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
final scene; the end; finale
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
(I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); (I) fancy (that)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
firm; strong; solid; stable