reception (e.g. of visitors); dealing with
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to return to normal; to recover; to restore
in accordance with; according to
noisy; boisterous; turbulent
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
blazing heat; scorching sun
years gone by; earlier years; former years; the past
great earthquake (disaster); Great Kanto earthquake of 1923
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
riverbed; raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the cool in summer
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
to leave something as it is
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
earthwork; earthworks; laborer; labourer; navvy
day after day; for many days; for days on end; day in, day out
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
bounds; limits; boundary fence (esp. of horse-riding ground)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
alas; regrettably; to my great regret; tragically
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
upmarket residential district; rich neighborhood
common reed (Phragmites australis)
taste; elegance; scenic beauty
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
article; news story; report; account