the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
separation; farewell; parting
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
Japanese person; Japanese people
charming; fascinating; attractive
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
verdant; fresh and green; bright green; lush
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
southern part; the south (of a region)
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
to bloom; to blossom; to become lively (esp. of conversation); to become animated; to experience a golden age
nectar; honey; honeydew; treacle; molasses; sorbitol (when visible as dark patches inside an apple)
to pluck; to pick; to nip off
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
to build a market for; to promote (a product); to promote oneself; to sell oneself; to sell heavily
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to settle (in a place); to settle down
to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
action; movements; motions; bearing; behaviour; behavior
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
to break into fragments; to go to pieces
smallish; on the small side