someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace
in comparison to; rather than
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
meaning; significance; sense
to stare in wonder; to be amazed
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
war; fighting; fierce competition
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance
congestion; crush; crowding; confusion; disorder
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
at once; immediately; right now
document; official papers
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
dozens; scores of; decades
in an instant; in a flash; right away; immediately
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
it doesn't matter what; anything is fine
please (give me); please (do for me)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up