colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated
gas station; petrol station; filling station
famous place; noted place; place of (scenic or historical) interest; sights (to see)
seeming very ...; just like ...
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
area (measurement); square measure; size (of land); floor space
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
blowing (e.g. of the wind); playing (a wind instrument); player (e.g. clarinet); (pair of) bellows; casting; founding
Western-style; foreign; Western-style toilet; flush toilet; water closet
Schmit; Schmitt; Shmidt; Szmidt
sunlight; rays of the Sun
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
this and that; something or other; one thing or another
unemployment allowance; unemployment benefits
basking in the sun; sunbathing
knitting; knitted material; crochet
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
to become used to the (ways of the) world; to become worldly or sophisticated
set phrase; idiomatic expression
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to see without obstruction; to get an unobstructed view (of); to see into (someone's thoughts); to read (someone's feelings, intentions, etc.); to foresee; to predict
to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw; to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
weak constitution; ill health
executive; government; administration; governance; the authorities
change to ...; becoming ...; making into ...; -ization; -ification