to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
department store; department
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
isolation; being alone; being friendless
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
fortress; stronghold; citadel
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
store's appearance (esp. shop front, signs, etc.)
family; members of a family
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
in that way; thus; so; so?
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
it is not (like that) either
electrical appliances; electric appliances
selling area; counter; section; favorable time to sell; good time to sell
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
detergent; cleanser; cleaning agent; washing material
classification; assortment
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home