scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
property; fortune; assets
support; backing; aid; assistance
for example; for instance; e.g.
(under) municipal management (transport, housing, etc.); city facility management
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
commuter town; bedroom community; dormitory town
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
birth; creation; formation
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to some extent; to a certain extent
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
cannot be helped; unavoidable
viewing as a problem; problematizing
individual; private person; personal; private
liked; well-liked; in love (with); loved; faddism; eccentricity
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
sitting together in a circle; happy circle; harmony
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
older brother and younger sister
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
juvenile vagrant; street urchin; waif; guttersnipe
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
electricity; (electric) light
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
civilization; civilisation; culture; Bunmei era (1469.4.28-1487.7.20)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
isolation; being alone; being friendless
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do