column; shaft; cylinder; round pillar (esp. in buildings)
company; corporation; workplace
company name; name of a company
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
magic marker; felt-tip pen
in deep black; in jet black
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
in this way; along these lines; similarly
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
return of something; repayment
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
katakana; angular Japanese syllabary used primarily for loanwords
not necessarily so; is not always true
bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital
bearing many children; multiparity; multipariety; multiparousness; high birth rate
decisively; decidedly; boldly; precisely; exactly
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
new; neo-; newness; novelty; Gregorian calendar; Xin dynasty (China, 9-23 CE)
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum morifolium)
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to be worried; to be troubled
secret; private; surreptitious
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
settlement; solution; resolution
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch