shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
real experience; actual observations
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
not up with the times; out of touch
(moral) decay; (social) decline; decadence; decline (in prosperity)
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to be blurred (due to motion; of a photo, video, etc.); to be shaken (of a camera); to waver (in one's beliefs, policy, etc.); to shift (position); to be slightly off
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
toy shop; toy store; toy dealer; toy seller
one-by-one; separately; in detail
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
end of a road; end of a street
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
secondhand bookshop; secondhand bookstore; secondhand bookseller
book nut; bibliomaniac; bookworm
inclination; tendency; nature; character
germination; germ; sprout; early sign; beginning; starting to appear
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
to fit in (snugly); to get stuck in; to get caught in; to get caught up in (a situation); to become deeply involved in; to get addicted to
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
new book; new publication
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
liquor store; wine shop; bottle shop; sake dealer; liquor-store owner; brewer
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
secondhand bookstore dealing in relatively new books
rising; developing; emergent; burgeoning; new
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
unchanged (from long ago); as it was in the past; same old; traditional