residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
amount of money; sum of money
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
now that; since; so long as; because
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite
sincere; honest; faithful
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
genuine article; real thing; real deal
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
with a scraping sound; with a grating sound; with force; hard; forcibly (carry out); forcefully; hard (e.g. food)
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
stammer; stutter; stammerer; stutterer
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
no, not like that (but like this)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
cooking; food preparation
space (room, area, outer space)
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
proximity; nearness; being nearby; approaching; drawing near; coming close
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
student (esp. a university student)
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
cooperation; collaboration
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
prospects of victory; chances of success
to (prepare to) run away (from one's responsibilities, etc.)
sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)