present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
seducer; smooth talker; picking up women; hitting on women; moderate party; moderate
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
listening comprehension; aural comprehension; hearing what others say; gathering information, opinions, etc.; public hearing
empty nest; empty house; empty home; burglary (of an empty house); burglar (who targets empty houses)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
returning home; going home; coming home; getting home
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
crying loudly; bawling; wailing; crying one's eyes out (without making noise); breaking into a flood of tears; crying buckets
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
pinning someone on the floor by lying on them; banging on the floor (e.g. to quieten one's neighbor)
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to settle (in a place); to settle down
letter (of an alphabet); character; writing
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
entering; entrance; attendance; audience; containing; income; earnings
being together; going together; matching (clothing); going together
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
erotic humiliation; sexual humiliation; deliberate provocation of shame or embarrassment for erotic pleasure
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to polish up; to shine up
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
mum; mom; mummy; wifey; dear; missus