statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
tool; implement; means; furniture
day after day; day by day
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
chapter one; first chapter
eisa (Okinawan folk dance that marks the end of the Bon festival)
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
fingernail mark; scratch; scars (e.g. of war); traces (of damage); ravages
to leave (behind); to leave (undone); to not finish; to save; to set aside; to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death)
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
one day; (on) a certain day
near; nearby; not far off
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to go; to come; to turn out (at a meeting, event, etc.); to show up; to make your way to
shoal; wide shallow beach
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
to make one's rounds; to patrol
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to take over; to hand over
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
beach sandals; flip-flops; thongs; pluggers; jandals