the person in question; the person themselves; said person
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
mature age; advanced age; maturity; age when one is old enough to know better
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
Sunday; day (of the month); counter for days; Japan
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
fall; drop; descent; coming down
incident; affair; happening; event
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
such ... as; or some such
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
senior high school student
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to pass (of time); to elapse
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
centimeter (esp. of cannon caliber, etc.)
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
talk; speech; topic; subject; discussions; negotiation; rumor
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
underwear; undergarment; underclothes; lingerie