society; the world; the times
treacherous; dangerous; untrustworthy; sneaky; cunning
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
erratic; offbeat; wild; unconventional; extraordinary; weird
level; standard; level (amount or quantity); level (plane); level (instrument); spirit level
means; way; method; measure
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to be possible; to be conceivable; to be likely; to be probable
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
for example; for instance; e.g.
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to fall in love (with); to fall for; to be attracted (by); to be charmed (by); to forget oneself; to be entranced (by)
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
composition (of painting); structural outline; compositional arrangement
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
the other day; a few days ago
prince; subordinate Kumano shrine
marriage proposal; courtship
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
sense of values; values; value system
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; completely; thoroughly
rare; uncommon; new; novel; fine; nice
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be (too) late getting married; to be (too) late going somewhere
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
marriage proposal; marriage talks
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan