place; situation; position; location
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
traffic; transportation; communication; exchange (of ideas, etc.); intercourse
convenient; handy; useful
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
facial expression; countenance; look; appearance; expression (vocal, etc.)
surely; certainly; without doubt
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
question; inquiry; enquiry
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
in this way; thus; such; uh...
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
thousands; several thousand
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
outside world; physical world
isolation; separation; remoteness; seclusion; reclusion; inaccessibility
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
such; like that; that sort of; very
meaning; significance; sense
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially; separately; apart; additionally
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)