to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
younger brother; little brother; brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); (arch.) pupil; (arch.) apprentice
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
handsome man; actor in a love scene
by the way; incidentally; well; even if; no matter (what, where, how, etc.)
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
roar of the sea; sound of waves
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
again; once more; a second time
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
town; block; street; road; chō (unit of length, approx. 109.09 m); chō (unit of land area, approx. 0.99 hectares)
another; one more; (not) quite; (not) very; lacking
to look old; to become time-worn; to become worn out; to become old and grubby; to become musty
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
degree of familiarity; popularity; name recognition; notoriety
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
just (now); quite (near); unintentionally; subconsciously
a few years ago; some years back
occasional; infrequent; rare
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
almost; nearly; hardly; barely; large majority; large proportion