to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
lunch break; noon recess; noon rest period
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
female office worker; office lady; overlap; orienteering
high heels; high-heeled shoes
tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
parking area; parking lot; rest stop; service area
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
Tokyo Metropolitan Expressway; Shuto Expressway
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
second marriage; remarriage
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
view; opinion; finding; findings
to hold back others from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
transport; freight; shipping
arm; skill; efforts; ability
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking