(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
man; male; masculine gender
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
chair; stool; post; office; position
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
house; residence; family; household; lineage; family name
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
verbal message; word (from someone)
beginning of next week (usu. Monday); early next week
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
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)
to write down; to note; to jot down; to remember
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
elevation (of spirits); raising (of morale); uplift; upsurge
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
classroom; lecture room; department (in a university); class; lessons; school (for a particular discipline)
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
minute (unit of time); fun (one tenth of a monme, 5.787 grains)
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
common people; ordinary people; masses
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
shop; small store; business; firm
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)