festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
time; season; period; phase; stage
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
tradition; legend; folklore
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
above ground; on the ground; earth's surface; this world; this earth
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
woman; female; feminine gender
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
participation; joining; entry; adherence
Japanese (people, language, style)
festival (esp. music, film, etc.)
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
consecutive defeats; series of defeats
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
this world; this life; world of the living
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
refresh (e.g. memory, one's spirits, etc.)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
to pass (of time); to elapse
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
proof; evidence; sign; to testify (usu. Christian religious context)
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry