year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to wake up; to awake; to perk up; to awaken (to the truth, etc.); to come to a realization; to come to one's senses
to disappear; to vanish; to go out (of a fire, light, etc.); to die; to fade (of a feeling, impression, etc.); to vanish (e.g. of hope); to go away (e.g. of a smell, itchiness, sleepiness)
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
but; however; even though; even if
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
same; similar; (just) like; equal
one's early days; little while
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with