city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
increase in activity; activation
to be indelibly stained or ingrained; to be dyed in deeply
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
cheap article; poor quality article
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to complain; to make a complaint
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
to need; to call for; to require
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
survival; remaining; being extant; being left
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
our country; our land; one's own country
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
to like too much; to like to excess; to adore
article; thing; object; property; real estate
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
price increase; rise in price
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
staying behind; remaining; residual
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
individual; one by one; separate; each
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
distinction; differentiation; classification
to form a complete whole; to be joined together
and yet; despite (all) that
directionality; directivity
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
verbalizing; putting into words
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair