dumbfounded; in mute amazement
normal; usual; ordinary; everyday
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
uneventfully; without incident; without a hitch; peacefully
average (normal, ordinary) year; every year; annually
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
daytime; during the day; Japan and China
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
each; (arch.) you (plural)
group (of people); crowd; horde; throng; mob; multitude
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
spots; speckles; mottles; speckled; spotted
antics; buffoonery; clowning; clown; jester
mask; disguise; guise; mask
(medical) doctor; physician
traditional; conventional
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive; to become popular; to become widespread
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
Napoleon; napoleon (Japanese card game)
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
scale; scope; plan; structure
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
to tower over the surroundings