look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
outsider; someone outside of a group
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; witty remark; light joke; amusing talk
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
20th day of the month; 20 days
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
sour look; surly face; pout
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
hating to lose; unyielding; unbending; competitive; sore loser; determined
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
at the window; by the window; next to the window
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
hierarchical relationship; superior-subordinate relationship; senior-junior relationship
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
orphan; person without friends
you could say that; that might be so
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
2nd day of the month; two days
(national) capital (city); metropolis
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
to come and go; to go back and forth