guidance; leadership; leading the way
both sides (on the left and right); both neighbours
confectionery shop; candy store; sweet shop
nose for profit; commercial spirit; flair for making money through business
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort
making out; necking; getting handsy; canoodling; being lovey-dovey; getting affectionate (with each other)
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
interlude (in traditional Japanese music); chanting or clapping along (during a song or dance); interjection
to greet; to call out (to); to invite; to get in touch (with); to cheer (on); to give vocal support (to)
to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
front; frontage; facade; main
ceiling; ceiling (e.g. of share price); ceiling price
exhibition; display; putting on show
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
for example; for instance; e.g.
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
water lily (any plant of genus Nymphaea); pygmy waterlily (Nymphaea tetragona)
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to spread; to be propagated
daily necessities; everyday item
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
material; material properties; quality of material; quality of wood; quality of lumber
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
to suppress one's emotions
beautiful (of one's appearance, voice, bearing, etc.); lovely; heartwarming (of a relationship, state of affairs, etc.); beautiful; wonderful
God's name; Christ's name
may ... be with you; may there be ...
back street; back alley; off-street
yearned for; longed for; missed