only recently; just of late
main street; avenue; boulevard
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
volume-sales electronics retailer; electronics retail store
beauty parlour; beauty parlor; beauty salon; hairdressing salon
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
convenient; handy; useful
while; although; (but) on the other hand; at the same time; opposite side; other side
sincerely; earnestly; wholeheartedly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
making a round trip; going and returning; round-trip ticket; return ticket; correspondence; exchanging (of letters)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
foul; breaking the rules; violation (of the law, regulations, etc.); infringement; breach
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
end; close; conclusion; termination
one room apartment; studio apartment
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
real estate agent; realtor
coin-operated parking (spaces)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
tatami mat (esp. as a measure of room size, either 1.82 sqm or 1.54 sqm)
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
fault; weakness; flaw; crux (of a matter); difficult point; point of contention
eternity; perpetuity; permanence
(electrical) outlet; (wall) socket; power point
personal computer; PC; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
to be saved up (of money)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
valid; effective; yuko (judo)