consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
equality; impartiality; evenness
equal division (of profits, prize money, etc.); equal split
number one; first; best; most; game; round
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
web counter; hit counter; website visitor counter
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
a little; a few; small; only; just; merely
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
tough (world); hard (times); cold; stingy; miserly; mercenary
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
about this time; about now
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
to fill; to become full (of); to wax (of the moon); to rise (of the tide); to flow; to expire (of a period of time)
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
rather than; more ... than ...
if it is (the case that ...)
Shibuya, a special ward in Tokyo
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
expressly; especially; specially; intentionally; deliberately; on purpose
few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient
then; well; so; well then
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
local procurement; local content; sourcing locally