a long time ago; long ago
to move (house); to change residence
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
race (of people); type of person
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
reduced drawing; miniature copy; microcosm; microcosmos
scale (of fish, snake, etc.); serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
to fall; to drop; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to decrease (of popularity, quality, speed, sales, etc.); to fall; to be inferior (to)
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
field; plain; prairie; tundra; moor; wilderness
block (solid piece of material); chunk (e.g. of meat); concrete block; (interlocking) toy blocks; (printing) block; block (area of a city); blocking (e.g. the way)
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
passerby; pedestrian; foot passenger
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
second coming; second advent
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
memories; recollections; reminiscence
enjoyable; fun; pleasant; happy; delightful
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)