store; shop; establishment; restaurant
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
messy; confused; chaotic; complaining about various things
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to order; to command; to appoint
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to beat around the bush; to not speak frankly; to talk in a roundabout way
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to be flustered; to lose one's presence of mind
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
sunlight; rays of the Sun
to come and go; to go back and forth
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
safety zone; traffic island
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
to change one's place of residence; to migrate; to move
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
several years; a few years
to move (house); to change residence
tendency; trend; inclination
to stop walking; to pause
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
grocery store; dealer in dried goods
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
to float; to rise to the surface; to stand out; to be visible; to be alienated
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth