careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
outside; exterior; the open (air); other place; somewhere else
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to accept; to receive; to agree
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
silence (not speaking); muteness
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
class; heading; group; category
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
scenery; scene; landscape
to overlook; to command a view of; to look down on; to despise; to look down on
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
question; inquiry; enquiry
to bring back; to restore
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
end; finish; bounds; limits; delivery date (of a futures contract); finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki)
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
to find out; to discover; to locate
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to overwhelm (e.g. an opponent); to overpower; to overwhelm (someone with emotion); to move; to intimidate; to frighten
than; from; out of; except; but; more
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to turn towards; to point