business district; office complex
to (be able to) make contact; to (be able to) get in touch
Center console (automobile)
vehicle speed; speed of car
crowd (e.g. of spectators); huge audience
championship; title (of champion)
play-by-play announcer; on-the-scene commentator
apparatus gymnastics; artistic gymnastics
long horse (for vaulting)
actual state (of things); real state; live; on-the-scene; reporting live; live coverage
matte (finish, colour, etc.); matt; mat; matte (metallurgy)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
stroke; caress; soft (object); dreamlike (object); tender (object)
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
Shizuoka (city, prefecture)
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest
important connection; important social foundation; close relation; tight relationship; intimate relation; close link
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
detente; easing of tensions; thaw
mild; mild-mannered; gentle
flat out (of); completely empty; out of money; penniless; broke
pretense; affectation; showiness
unnecessary trouble brought upon oneself; stirring up a hornet's nest
the top (e.g. top ten); the best
basin (e.g. between mountains)