(switched) off; off-season; offset; off-road; offline; offline get-together; offside
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
golden; gold-colored; gold-coloured; honey-colored; honey-coloured
colouring; coloring; colouration; coloration; painting
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
town; city; municipal; urban
(national) capital (city); metropolis
minimum; lowest; minimal; at a minimum
to be bulky; to be unwieldy; to grow voluminous
Boston bag; overnight bag; traveling bag (travelling)
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
obsession; compulsive idea
infancy; childhood; tender age
level ground; horizon; field of view
to give an impression; to make an impression
to maintain; to continue to have
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
writing implement; writing tool
stationery store; stationery shop; stationer's
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
calm and collected; with composure; having enough and to spare
mawashi; belt; mantle; cape; gang rape
return path (of a signal, communication); return trip
extension; elongation; (total) length; extension (e.g. of one's work); continuation; extension (of a line segment); extension (property of occupying space)
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
mandarin (esp. the satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu)); mandarin orange; tangerine; citrus (Citrus spp.)
focusing on only one thing; obsessively; intensely; selfish; self-serving
plate of assorted fried food
fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part
limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry