suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
secondary residence; vacation home; villa
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
(please) look; see; (please) try to do
small apartment rented by the week
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
(what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
prohibition; inhibition; ban
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
young and energetic; up-and-coming
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
orderliness; put in order; tidying up; arranging neatly
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to find out; to discover; to locate
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
water; liquid; fluid; moisture; humidity; sap
to coagulate; to congeal; to be fanatical (about); to be obsessed (with); to stiffen; to become stiff
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to dig up and expose (a secret, hidden crime, etc.)
to not take seriously; to take lightly
one copy (of a book, magazine, etc.); one volume