filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts)
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
low (atmospheric) pressure; low-pressure system; depression; bad temper; foul mood; tense situation
saying nothing; understanding tacitly; without putting into words
evaluation; appraisal; assessment; judgement; estimation; criticism
Ginza (district in Tokyo); busy shopping district; bustling location; silver mint (Edo period)
pick-up knowledge; second-hand knowledge; hearsay
atmospheric pressure; air pressure; atmosphere (unit of pressure)
weather; look of the sky; situation; turn of affairs; signs
northern direction; north; (legal) wife (of a nobleman); lady
roadway; road; carriageway
haircut of uniform length
restless; fidgety; lively; busy
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
affectation; pretension; posturing; posing as; behaving as; acting like
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
police officer; policeman; constable
being covered with water (i.e. in a flood); being submerged; being inundated; flooding
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
patrol car; police car; squad car; cruiser
city centre (esp. of Tokyo); heart of a city; downtown area
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
in front of your nose; right next to you; tip of one's nose
public road; highway; righteousness; justice; right path
to complain; to make a complaint
to torment; to torture; to afflict; to harrow
poor-looking; impoverished-looking; scrawny (e.g. figure); thin-looking; sparse (e.g. meal)
aluminium sash; aluminum sash; aluminium window frame
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
row of houses; each house; every house; every door
headlight (on a vehicle); headlamp (flashlight worn on the head); head torch