open; spacious; extensive
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
to come and go; to go back and forth
weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73
3 o'clock; afternoon snack (eaten around 3 o'clock); three ages of Buddhism (following the death of Gautama Buddha; age of the true law, age of the copied law, and age of the degeneration of the law); three ages of the dharma
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead
display window; shop window; store window
the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive
stylish; fashionable; dressing (oneself) up; dressing smartly; fashionable dresser; smartly dressed person
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
Alice band; (horseshoe-shaped) headband (worn over the forehead); hairband
(very) unusual; unconventional; eccentric; novel; original; striking
perfectly; right on the mark; spot on; enough; sufficiently; thoroughly
pick-up artist; masher; skirt chaser
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
surging crowd; wave of humanity; stampede
to push aside; to push one's way through
to summon courage; to be brave
passing through without stopping; passing by
first meeting; first interview with
seeing for the first time; first sight; first meeting; sight-reading
(hard) candy; toffee; rice-sugar; sugar made from the starch of rice, potatoes, etc.; amber; yellowish-brown
network; Internet; net (e.g. hairnet, tennis net); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
innocent; cherubic; childlike
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
edition; version; plate; block; counter for editions of a publication
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
being particular (about); being fussy; being picky; being choosy; being fastidious
choice; selection; option
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
shrewdly; smartly; calculatingly; astutely; cunningly