red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)
next year; next fiscal year
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
closure (of a ceremony, event, meeting, etc.)
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to accompany; to go with; to go together
premises; grounds; campus; compound; precincts
crowded; packed; crammed; cramped; filled; overflowing
urban area; urban district
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
centralized authoritarian rule; centralised authoritarian rule
countryside people (in town); visitor from the country; out-of-towner; country bumpkin (visiting the big city); yokel
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
earthquake disaster; Great Kanto Earthquake (1923)
to watch for an unguarded moment
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
leather shoes; leather boots
standard; standardized; average; normal; ordinary
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
to become familiar with and cherish; to get to know and love
first arrival; first in race; suit of clothes
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
pattern resembling that of arrow feathers
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
long ago; previous; of a former age
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
indescribable; exquisite; inexpressible; indefinable
stylish; smart; high collar; hair dressed in a western style; to dress in the latest Western fashion
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)