blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
in the meanwhile; during the time
to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
student accommodation; student dormitory
sports ground; sports oval
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
(swimming) pool; pool (billiards); pool (together)
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
(within) the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
senior high school; high school
pupil; student; schoolchild
sons and daughters; children; girl
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
use; utilization; utilisation; application
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
attendance (at school); going to school
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
row of cherry trees (lining a street)
to be erected; to be built