true; real; genuine; proper; utter
100,000; hundred thousand
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
thunderous roar of laughter (from multiple people); loud burst of laughter; explosive laughter
cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do
video game (played on a home console)
without change; as is; just like; extremely similar; immediately; just after
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to cut one's way through; to tide over; to struggle through; to get over
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
the truth; fact; as it is; as you are; frank; bare plain
junior high school student; middle school pupil
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
many; numerous; various; large number of
the way in which something came about; origin; structure; organization; the way something is constructed
to understand; to make out
embodying; expressing concretely
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
little more than; only slightly better than; almost the same as
the same; the said; likewise
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
clearly; distinctly; vividly
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
ruin; destruction; devastation; waste; decay
chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling