head office; main office; main store; this store; our store
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
branch office; branch store
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
signs of rain; threat of rain
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
one's post; place of work; workplace
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
to press a question; to cross-examine
tone (of voice); manner of talking
(talking in a) half-joking manner
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
establishment; opening; setting up; inauguration
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
mismatched; odd; irregular; inconsistent; incoherent; confused
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
unexpectedly; surprisingly
to happen to meet; to come across
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
platform; home; home base; home plate
right under; directly below
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!