big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
already; yet; soon; shortly; further; more
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
old town; old part of a city
to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs
to visit; to call on; to arrive (of a season, situation, etc.); to come; to appear
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
Empire (of Japan); the (Japanese) Empire; Japan
(surprise) attack; assault; raid; charge
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion
unhurt; uninjured; flawless (e.g. gem); unblemished; spotless (e.g. reputation); faultless (e.g. performance)
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
for the first time; only after ... is it ...; only when ... do you ...; first time; (one's) first
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least
use; utilization; utilisation; application
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
intuition; instinct; hunch
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
face; visage; look; (facial) expression; honor (honour); face; influence
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
that far; so far; to that extent; stop!; not one step further!
contrary to one's expectations
beginning; outset; first; onset