strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am; older girl
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
tone (of voice); manner of talking
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
name; given name; first name
greeting; a fine thing to say
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
in history; ever; historical
to bring; to take; to bring about
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
to wear extra clothes; to dress formally
going through; going via; going by way of
variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres); six ken (10.91 m)
several minutes; a few minutes
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity
to stand side by side; to stand in a row
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to be conspicuous; to stand out
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
office building; office complex
to take up one's residence
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
counter; service counter (e.g. at a bank); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); automatically responding with an upload slot to someone who allows you to download (e.g. in P2P systems)
reception (desk); information desk; receipt; acceptance