interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
good-looking; fair; beautiful
man; male; masculine gender
this and that; one thing and another
comic; comics; comic opera; comic; comical
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
kind; gentle; considerate; generous; friendly; nice
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
child; kid; (one's) child; offspring; young woman; young (animal); offshoot
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
firm; strong; solid; stable
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness
disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
by means of; due to; because of; according to
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
to quicken one's pace (steps)
small factory in town; (small) backstreet workshop
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
district; area; zone; quarter; section; region
postwar period; period after Second World War
(how) many times; (how) often
(economic) depression; recession; slump
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
abandoned factory; disused factory
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
weird; eerie; ominous; creepy; uncanny; unearthly
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
abrupt; sudden; unexpected