to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
to cling to; to embrace; to throw one's arms around
body odor; body odour; personal odor; personal odour; characteristic (of someone)
to despair of; to see the vanity of
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
hurdle; hurdle race; hurdles; hurdle; obstacle
with a light thud; with a flop; with a (light) clap; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
full-time housewife; stay-at-home homemaker
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter
to be granted (e.g. a title); to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be gifted with (a talent); to be taught (e.g. a secret technique); to be instructed; to be initiated
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
good-looking; fair; beautiful
comic; comics; comic opera; comic; comical
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to open up to someone else; to divulge one's true feelings; to be openhearted
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; interference; officiousness
admission; (self-)acknowledgment; (self-)acknowledgement; self-identification
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
course; route; course (of study); program; lane (in running, swimming, etc.); course (of action); policy
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
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
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
to have one's attention caught (by); to be distracted (by); to be preoccupied (with); to be captivated (by); to be absorbed (in)
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
to turn on; to switch on; to light up