curse; spell; malediction
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
even so; anyhow; at any rate
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
special; particular; peculiar; unique
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
unwelcome; nerdish; unpopular
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
remainder; remnant; the rest; what is left; balance; leftovers
February and August (months when business is generally at its slowest)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
aim (of a gun, bow, etc.); aim; object; objective
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
Tokyo Metropolis (prefecture); Tokyo metropolitan area
senior high school; high school
metropolitan; managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
declining birth rate; decline in the number of children; sub-replacement fertility
influence; effect; impact
coeducation; mixed-sex education