telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
steamship; steamboat; steamer
ticket window; box office; ticket
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
vast; huge; immense; malva nut (Sterculia lychnophora)
amount of money; sum of money
money order; draft; exchange (e.g. foreign)
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
kapow; bang; bulging; filled to bursting; prostitute (catering to Occupation soldiers in Japan after WWII)
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
Western clothing; Western binding
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
Japanese person; Japanese people
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
agricultural community; farm village; rural
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
spectator; sightseer; onlooker
ten; 10; ten years of age
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
battlefield; battleground
trifling matter; urination; urine
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...