near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
shopping; purchased goods
medium; average; moderation; middle school; China; volume two (of three); during (a certain time when one did or is doing something)
old couple; elderly couple
circumference; perimeter; work outside the office; outer tracks (in a loop or curve)
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
wherein; therein; thereinto
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
scene; spectacle; sight; view
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
something; some kind of; for some reason
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to