university town; college town
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
close thicket; dense forest; jungle; amazon.com
mosaic; pixelated obscuring in images and video, usu. for censorship
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
another kind; distinct species; variety
to arrive (at one's destination); to reach; to come to a head; to reach a conclusion; to culminate (in)
verbalizing; putting into words
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
contraband; taboo; strictly forbidden
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
loitering; roaming; sauntering; wandering about; prowling
dual structure; double structure
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
to become better; to improve
(secret) date; clandestine meeting; assignation; tryst; rendezvous
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
military physician or surgeon
to accept a kind offer; to take someone up on their offer
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train
ridding oneself; freeing oneself of; growing out of; overcoming; outgrowing
improvement of relations; rapprochement
hygienic; healthy; healthful; sanitary
air hole; windhole; ventilator
emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; inanity; pointlessness; meaninglessness
sanctuary; reserve (for wild animals); nature preserve
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
remodeling; remodelling; restructuring; modding
to run (a business); to operate; to carry out; to perform; to hold (a Buddhist or Shinto ceremony)