urban area; urban district
wealthy person; millionaire
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
talk (esp. by a talk-show host, or by a stage musician to the audience between songs); banter; talk show; toque
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
to suspend between two points; to build (a bridge, etc.); to put up on something (e.g. legs up on table)
nori; laver; edible seaweed, usu. Porphyra yezoensis or P. tenera, usu. dried and pressed into sheets
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
jumbo; jumbo-sized; jumbo jet
messenger; envoy; emissary
visualization; visualisation
approval; acceptance; toleration
to make the sign of the cross; to bless oneself; to cross oneself
school education; formal education
talks (i.e. formal discussions); conference; meeting
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
(large) body; (bulky) frame; (hulking) figure
sleeping in late; oversleeping; late riser; sleepyhead
covering for the back of the hand and wrist
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
casting; founding; minting
poor (quality, conditions, etc.); bad; inferior; poor-quality
a good workman does not blame his tools
(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; dull; roundabout
tier; tear; teardrop shape
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
trading company (esp. a Japanese outpost of a foreign firm); trading house; firm; factory
hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around
cunning and experienced in the ways of the world; crafty and worldly-wise; sly old (fox)
treatment; service; handling; management