the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
together; at the same time; same; identical
exactly!; surely!; that's it!; ding dong (sound of door bell, chime, etc.)
Urashima Tarō; (a) Rip van Winkle; fairy-tale fisherman who, after visiting the underwater Palace of the Dragon King, returns centuries later
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
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)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
shamisen; samisen; three-stringed Japanese lute
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
to be intimate with; to befriend
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
wherein; therein; thereinto
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
summer vacation; summer holiday
winter vacation; winter holidays
ceremony held at the end of a school term; end-of-term ceremony
opening ceremony (of the school term)
canned cat food; tin of cat food
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement
to be kind to; to treat kindly
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to love; to cherish; to show favouritism to; to be partial to; to fondle; to caress
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification