hilly section of a city (usu. residential); Yamanote (hilly residential section of western Tokyo, incl. Yotsuya, Aoyama, Koishikawa, Hongo, Ichigaya, Akasaka, Azabu and surrounds); place near the mountains
Shinbashi (section of Tokyo)
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
selection; choice; option
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
way; method; means; (technical) specification
to discuss; to talk together
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
once in a lifetime; once in one's life
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
as much as one can; as much as possible; if at all possible
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
adult (esp. person 20 years old or over); grownup; becoming an adult; coming of age; growing up (to be a man, woman)
item; heading; category; headword (in a dictionary, encyclopedia, etc.); entry
sample; example; specimen; display model (e.g. plastic food models used by restaurants)
fifth day of the month; five days
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
several years; a few years
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
no!; no no!; no, not at all
criticizing; lambasting; pointing out faults; calling for a retake; ordering (somebody) to redo something
hidden (talents, etc.); self-concealment; self-effacement
innocence; insentient (i.e. plants, inanimate objects, etc.); free from obstructive thoughts; to pester someone (for cash, etc.)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to wind around; to wrap around; to coil around
to boil (something in hot water); to treat with medicinal steam (a swelling, etc.)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability