railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
friendly chat; pleasant chat; lighthearted talk; friendly conversation
student (esp. a university student)
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
to come and go; to go back and forth
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
back street; back alley; off-street
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
beyond that point; after that
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
store interior; inside of a shop
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
backyard; background; room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room)
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
soil fertility; soil quality; productivity of the soil
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
neat and clean; tidy; trim
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
atmosphere; mood; a certain air; presence; (Earth's) atmosphere
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
(one's) figure; build; physique; style
chest; breast; breasts; bosom; heart; lungs; stomach
plump; chubby; voluptuous
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated