tall building; high-rise building
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; tall building
commencing with; including
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
as if; the very thing itself
valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
fighting to be first; scrambling to take the lead
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
subway; metro; underground (railway)
to collect (e.g. one's thoughts); to get in order
to move back; to draw back; to lessen; to subside; to resign; to retire
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
internal (to a country); interior; home; national; domestic
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
moving picture; film; cinema; movie theatre
talkie (motion picture with sound); prerecorded announcement
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
to embrace; to hug; to have; to possess; to command; to lead
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
swallowing and spitting out
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
grassy field; grassland; meadow; grass-covered plain; savannah; prairie
isolation; being alone; being friendless