strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
village headman; village mayor
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
state of mind; mentality; psychology
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
tea utensils; container for powdered green tea (tea ceremony)
hiding one's embarrassment
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
to understand (each other); to comprehend
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
blood (in one's face, cheeks, etc.); colour; color; hot-bloodedness; hotheadedness; impulsive temperament
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
(one's) Sunday best; (one's) best clothes; glad rags
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
unmarried; not yet married
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
to go out and away; to leave
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
yellowish; tinged with yellow
light blue; pale blue; aqua