office hours; business hours; working hours
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
closing of a gate; (Edo-period) house confinement
new book; new publication
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
planning; project; plan; design
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
matter causing distress; something causing worry
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
determination; resolution
next (year, spring, etc.); coming; since (last month, etc.); for (20 years, etc.)
sorry; excuse me; thank you
old friend; old acquaintance
active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
charm; fascination; glamour; glamor; attraction; appeal
listener ratings (radio, etc.); listenership
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
every year; yearly; annually
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to have both; to possess both; to combine with
societal mood; social context
to breathe (heavily); to pant; to gasp; to live
now that you say that; now that you mention it
much more; still more; single layer (or storey, etc.); (arch.) rather; (arch.) sooner
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
to persevere; to keep at something (regardless of one's fatigue)
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink