three; three years of age
book; volume; this; present; main; head
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
naturally; of course; understandably
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
bet; wager; stake; gamble
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
to be conspicuous; to stand out
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
Little Edo; town or neighbourhood with an old townscape reminiscent of Edo
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
republication; reissue; reprinting; reproduction
Edo (shogunate capital, now Tokyo); Yedo
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK