feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
night view; night skyline; nightscape
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
deliberately; carefully; thoroughly; without rushing
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
(period of) a year; during an era
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
to correct oneself; to restate
recollection; reminiscence
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
episode; anecdote; vignette
indeed; really; truly; very much
scrawl; scribble; graffiti; doodle
big quarrel; huge fight; big row
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
as a child; when one was a child; childhood
popular person; favorite; favourite
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
half; biracial person (esp. half-Japanese); person of mixed parentage
being left out; being ostracized
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
distinction; differentiation; classification
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
very much; very many; more and more
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on