high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
to be taken aback; to be astonished; to be dumbfounded
dwelling; house; residence; address
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
elementary; basic; rudimentary
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
naked eye; the physical eye
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
truth is stranger than fiction
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
rich person; wealthy person
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
silver hair; gray hair; grey hair
all over; filled in; complete; total; clichéd; hackneyed; plaintext
panoramic view; bird's-eye view
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
side (of the torso); flank; illegitimate child; child born by someone other than one's wife
prime location (for offices, housing, etc.); best district (in town); excellent piece of land
interior design; interior; upholstery
furnishings; implements; equipment
to be cloying; to be sick and tired with; to be disgusted with; to stink
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
Akiba; colloquial shortening of Akihabara
surname; family name; hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
large landowner; major landowner; great landowner