why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
attendance; presence; appearance
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
instead; but (on the other hand)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
court lady; lady-in-waiting
please; if you would; somehow or other; one way or another; whether (or not); if
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
(not) at all; (not) by any means; (cannot) possibly; absolutely (not)
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to become fraught with emotion
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
mansion; palace; (arch.) nobleman; (arch.) noblewoman; (arch.) temporary residence
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
garden; orchard; park; place; world; environment
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to have time free; to have time to spare
research; study; investigation
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such