promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
to ask a question; to ask questions
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
to live; to reside; to inhabit
settlement; permanent residency
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
rush (of people or activity); rush (sudden forward motion); rush hour; rushes; dailies
up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
after staying up all night
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
several times; a few times
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
carefree; relaxed; comfortable; at one's ease
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
bōryokudan; gangster organization (organisation); crime syndicate; yakuza
to spend time (on doing something)
management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
wide area; wide view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-out view
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
president (of a society); chairman
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)
economic world; financial circles; business community
finance business; moneylending business