congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
rule; custom; tranquility; tranquillity
rest; recess; vacation; holiday; dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
to stiffen; to become stiff
several people; a few people
to gather; to collect; to assemble
currently nowhere to be seen; unknown where it went; disappeared into thin air
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
to talk together; to chat together
to go past; to pass; to pass by
with a start; with a jump
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)
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at
woman; female; feminine gender
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
uniforms supplied to employees; an allotment
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
custom; habit; customary practice
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
the lower classes; the common people
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
challenging (an unknown person); asking a person's identity
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
danger; peril; hazard; risk
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
selection; choice; option
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
exclusion of males; (being) closed to men