living room (Western style); sitting room
locking up (doors and windows); fastening the doors
town planning; urban development; community development; creating a community
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
thank you (for the meal); that was a delicious meal; thank you (for displaying lovey-dovey behaviour)
neighborhood association; neighbourhood association
scattered; separated; dispersed
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
on the occasion of; at the time of
miscellaneous duties; (trivial) routine tasks; small jobs; odd jobs
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
to form; to make; to build up (e.g. a fortune); to create; to accomplish; to achieve; to change (into)
new (musical) composition; new piece; new song
choreography; dance composition; dance coaching
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
newcomer; new figure; new member; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards); Homo sapiens
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
participation; joining; entry
dancing; dance; iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); Bon Festival dance; Lantern Festival dance; eating live seafood (e.g. squid, ice gobies) while it is still moving; soft spot (in the skull of an infant)
handshake event; handshake session; event where it is possible to shake hands with a celebrity, sportsperson, pop star, etc.
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to make out; to neck; to canoodle; to fondle each other; to flirt (with)
to turn; to rotate; to go around; to circle; to make the rounds (of); to go around (several places); to go by way of
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
top recommendation; something highly recommended
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
(transplant) rejection; strong reaction (against)
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
picking up trash; litter picking; litter cleanup
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
small change; pocket change; coins; small sum of money
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
ostracism; complete ostracism of a household (the harshest punishment in Edo-period village law)
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless