number of persons; personnel
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
winners (those who have succeeded socially, economically, etc.)
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
power outage; electricity outage; blackout; failure of electricity supply
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to pretend to be tough; to put on a brave front; to whistle in the dark; to bluff
now (while the time is ripe); while one still can
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
it is not (like that) either
main road; main thoroughfare
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
survival; survivor; relic
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
that; the matter in question
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide