as time passes; with the passing of time; with time
acute stress reaction; acute stress disorder; psychological shock; mental shock; emotional shock; emotional trauma
even; flat; level; calm; peaceful; uneventful
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of
in an instant; in a moment; immediately; suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
boomerang; swim briefs; Speedos
changing (something) for the worse; disimprovement; deterioration
with no regard to appearances; without caring about how one looks
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
one's last moments; hour of death; death throes; agonies of death
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
change in appearance; transformation
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
soft; tender; soft (colour, light, etc.); subdued; informal; light
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
treating someone like a child
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
Satan; the Devil; the Prince of Darkness; king of the demons who try to prevent people from doing good
to clear up; to become cloudless
somewhere to go; place to go
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
thin rice gruel; rice water
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
soy sauce; soya sauce; shoyu
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
one's home country; one's homeland
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
to pair up; to form a pair; to mate; to copulate; (arch.) to fix (an arrow to the string); (arch.) to place outriders on the left and right
five-family unit; five-man group; quintet; (arch.) five-household neighborhood unit (for mutual aid, self-protection, etc.; Edo period)
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
interruption; interference; butting in
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)