thick; deep; kind; cordial; abundant
familiarity with the land; locality or terrain (usually associated with knowing or feeling the locality)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
residence; housing; residential building
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
end (of a street, hallway, etc.)
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to fade; to discolor; to discolour; to diminish; to fade (e.g. of a memory)
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
one room apartment; studio apartment
dining; dining room; meal
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
hidden camera; spy camera
long ago; previous; of a former age
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
household belongings; household possession; furniture and household goods; goods and chattels; home furnishings; household goods
electrical appliances; electric appliances
air con; air conditioner; air conditioning
laptop (computer); notebook (computer)
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
(wireless) transceiver; radio; walkie-talkie
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
illustrated (with photographs)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
kana; Japanese syllabary (i.e. hiragana, katakana)
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym