environment; surroundings; circumstances
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
periodic; regular; routine
long time; several hours; long spell
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
fascination; bewitchment; entrancement; dazzlement
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; school; phylum; division; counter for cannons
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
slim; slender; lithe; smoothly; without resistance; without trouble
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
dwelling; house; home; den (of criminals, demons, etc.); nest
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
paper (in rock-paper-scissors); disappearing completely; coming to nought; foolishness; stupidity
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
hey there; I say; see here
long-sleeved T-shirt; long T-shirt
straight; straightforward; direct; straight (wins, sets, etc.); straight (liquor); neat; entering university right after graduating high school
preference; priority; precedence; right of way
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
mere consolation; temporary peace of mind
safety confirmation; confirming (something) is safe
disastrous scene; terrible spectacle
minimum; at the very least
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
dreary; bleak; monotonous; tasteless; unrefined
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
emptiness; being empty; not carrying anything; unburdened; dishonoured (bill, promise, etc.); false
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion