bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
pressure; urgency; tension; imminence; acuteness
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
signature; signing one's name; writing one's name (on); registration (of a bond)
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
to come and go; to go back and forth
to cover; to bury (e.g. one's face in hands); to submerge; to fill (completely); to stuff; to pack
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
to sit; to squat; to be implicated
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
close call; narrow margin; the eleventh hour
ryokan; traditional Japanese inn
court lady (Heian period); lady-in-waiting; separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady; Heian period); (arch.) room for a very low class prostitute; (arch.) very low class prostitute
eating together; dining together; having a meal together
exaggerated; overdone; overblown; hyperbolic; bombastic; grandiose
to be attentive to; to pay attention to
menu; bill of fare; program; programme; schedule
talkative person; chatterbox
together with; same; both; all; including ...
to mesh (of gears, cogs, etc.); to engage with each other; to bite each other; to be on the same wavelength; to mesh
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
strict; stern; rigorous; severe
newly appointed; inaugural
like many others; being no exception; just like everyone else; as is usual with; in common with
rude; impolite; mannerless; snotty
wearing (e.g. a uniform, seat belt, helmet); having on
old friend; old acquaintance
sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
ruler; measure; measuring stick; standard; criterion; yardstick