natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to be sooty; to be stained
convenience; handiness; usefulness
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
existence; being; presence
sentiment; sentimentality
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
all; entire; whole; altogether
mass meeting; convention; tournament; competition; grand event
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
deadly serious; deadly earnest
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
awareness; realization; noticing
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
television program; TV program
this, that and the other; this and that
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
telephone fee; telephone service charge
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
private enterprise; private business; private company; private firm; private-sector business; private-sector corporation
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
charitable organization; charitable institution; charity
uniform; even; across-the-board; equal
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
maintenance; preservation; improvement
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast