to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
main street; avenue; boulevard
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
sense of orientation; sense of direction
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
tacit approval; tacit permission; connivance; acquiescence; toleration; overlooking
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
coming; going; being (somewhere); (please) come; go; stay
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
sentiment; sentimentality
one by one; one after another; successively
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
molding; moulding; shaping; forming; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
cart (esp. a food cart); stall; festival float; portable shrine dedicated to a god and shaped like a house; stage prop fashioned after a large building; framework (of a building)
street stall; stand; booth
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
aromatic (roasted beans, roasted tea, etc.); fragrant (e.g. burning wood); pleasant-smelling; savory-smelling (e.g. barbecued meat); savoury; appetizing
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword