town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
bureaucrat; government official; bureaucracy
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
back seat (of a car); rear seat
materials; data; document
calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
middle class; bourgeoisie
dignity; grace; nobility; grade; quality; fineness
sound recorder; tape recorder
to take (a photo); to record (video, audio, etc.); to make (a film)
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
bet; wager; stake; gamble
automatic pilot; autopilot; automatic control
standard value; reference value; nominal value
regarding as important; attaching importance to; taking a serious view of; putting emphasis on
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
government service; the bureaucracy
control; check; restraint; inhibition
pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus); (arch.) lovable, caressable girl
bunch of flowers; bouquet