(outward) looks; features; face; countenance; expression
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
incident; affair; happening; event
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
historic; historical; traditional
while; even though; despite
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
near oneself; close to one; familiar
to suit; to match; to become; to be like
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to cock one's head in puzzlement; to tilt one's head in contemplation; to wrack one's brain; to think hard
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
general (variety) store (shop)
import; importation; introduction; afferent
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
educational or school system
reform; reformation; reorganization
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
primary school; elementary school; grade school
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
present; current; in operation
required subject; compulsory course
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
educational interface; the classroom; the chalkface
new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely