query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
happy memory; sweet memory
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
here and there; in places
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé; rectangular dessert (usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
housing district; residential district
shop; small store; business; firm
list; table; schedule; catalogue; catalog
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
self-torturing; masochistic
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
technique; art; skill; move
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to be charmed by; to be attracted to; to be taken with; to be drawn to
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
Japanese cherry birch (Betula grossa); yellow catalpa (Catalpa ovata); Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); printing block; catalpa bow; catalpa medium
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
precise; accurate; appropriate; exactly the right
expression; presentation; representation; notation
way; method; means; resource; course
rather; better; instead; if anything
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
to get drunk; to become intoxicated; to feel sick (e.g. in a vehicle); to become nauseated; to be elated; to be exalted