leap; jump; stepping out into the wider world; becoming active on a wider stage; rapid progress; dramatic development
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
how; in what way; I wonder
legal; lawful; legitimate; law-abiding; in order
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
boule (round loaf of white bread); boules (game)
approximation; rough estimate; ballpark figure
from the beginning; from the first; of course; not to mention ...; not only ... but also ...
four arithmetic operations; basic arithmetic operations
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
cheating at pachinko (for monetary gain; through illegal tampering with the machines, etc.); scamming a pachinko parlor
doppelgänger; doppelganger
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
excuse; evasion; dodge; subterfuge; evasive answer
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
be (that) as it may; having said that
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
how (beautiful, tasty, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
parroting back; repeating (another's words) like a parrot
to live up to expectations; to meet expectations