movie theatre; movie theater; cinema
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
food; food products; foodstuffs
to fade; to lose colour (color); to discolour (discolor)
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
piercing; shrill; noisy; loud; clamorous; wild
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
very interesting; of great interest
residence; housing; residential building
detached house; stand-alone house; single-family home
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
ready-built house; built-for-sale house
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
urban area; urban district
one's principal residence; main home
center; centre; metropolis
tenement house; row house
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
(husband and wife) both working; dual income
loan; roan; lawn (i.e. short grass); lawn (type of cotton cloth)
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse