to be conspicuous; to stand out
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
just a handful; only a small number (of)
small number; few; minority
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
as if nothing had happened
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
sightseeing; watching; viewing; sightseer; watcher; spectator
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
and yet; though; when; in spite of
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
crowd (e.g. of spectators); huge audience
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
audience; spectator; spectators
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset