corridor; hallway; passageway
Hachikō; Akita dog that waited every day at Shibuya station for the return of his owner (1923-1935)
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
comfortable to live in (of a neighborhood, etc.); convenient; congenial; agreeable
towering; astonishingly high
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
moving; relocation; change of address; transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise
four (long cylindrical things)
dramatic role for child; child actor
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
rapidly (e.g. progress, moving forward); growing visibly; quickly; steadily; by leaps and bounds
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
fixed number; quorum (for an assembly); constant; invariable; literal; fate
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
New Year's gift (usu. money given to a child by relatives and visitors)
end; tip; extremities; terminal
healthy; robust; strong; solid; durable
as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
the place for; the time for; the level of
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
buying price; cost price; purchase price
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability