regular customer; regular patron; regular visitor; constant companion
rider (of a motorcycle, horse, etc.); biker
to look at from the outside; to view from an outsider's perspective; to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
to be frank; to drop all pretense
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
opening ceremony (of the school term)
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
western part; the west (of a region); the West (United States)
Kanagawa Prefecture (Kanto area)
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
24 hours; twenty-four hours
observation; survey; measurement; opinion; prediction; thinking
water damage; flood disaster
Niigata prefecture (Hokuriku area)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
whole; total; gross; entire; overall; general (election, manager, etc.)
isolation; being alone; being friendless
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to cause someone to worry
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
in the city; within the city
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another; successively
to be stingy; to be tightfisted; to look shabby; to appear wretched
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
to carry on one's back; to burden oneself (e.g. with debts, responsibilities, etc.)
related to; in relation to
one example of (when there are more examples)
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange