Vocabulary

pair; couple; set

obi (kimono sash)

waiting room

proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative

size; dimensions; volume

landlord; landlady

New Year's Eve

university student; college student

great hurry; great haste; rush

general situation; general trend; general tendency; way things are moving; current (of the times); tide (e.g. of public opinion)

great success; huge success

loud voice

metropolis; large city

feces; faeces; excrement; stool

large drop (of rain, sweat, tears, etc.); large grain-like object (e.g. grape, cherry)

second

TA-Q-BIN (express home delivery service provided by Yamato Transport)

express home delivery service; courier delivery

finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince

taking up a post away from one's family; job transfer without one's family; living apart from one's family for the sake of one's job; unaccompanied posting

exploration party; expedition team

birthday

uchiwa; type of traditional Japanese handheld fan

(short) curtain hung at shop entrance; split curtain used to divide spaces in a house

paragraph

news; word; tidings; notice; notification; information

global warming

inside; interior

Chinatown

Chinese cooking; Chinese food

Chinese (language)

reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel

outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits

long sleeves

long talk

right beside; close to; nearby

shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake

pursuer; pursuing party; posse

additional fee; extra charge

postscript; post scriptum; PS; P.S.