world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
whirr; hum; buzz; whoosh; woosh; whiz
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
pilgrimage (esp. to the Ise Grand Shrine)
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
that night; that evening; over the course of the evening
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
protecting a rice field; watching over a field; person who watches over a rice field
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to be crowded; to be packed; to be complex
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
just because; even if; even though
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
almost; roughly; approximately