to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to lead; to take the initiative; to take precedence (e.g. sadness taking precedence over anger); to be most essential
stop (bus, tram, etc.); station; stopping place
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
terminus; last stop (e.g. train)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
coffee shop; tearoom; coffee lounge; kissaten; traditional type of coffee shop with a retro atmosphere
oracle; revelation; divine message
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
these days; nowadays; today; at this time (of day); at this hour
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
purple; violet; purple gromwell (Lithospermum erythrorhizon); red gromwell; soy sauce
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
outer canthus; outer corner of the eye
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
at this point; at this last moment; this late in the game
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
unexplored region; secluded region; place off the beaten track