transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
foresight; foreknowledge; divination
curious; strange; unusual
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
gathering clouds; group of clouds
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
cause and effect; causality; karma; fate; unfortunate; unlucky
something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
you're welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues
April; fourth month in the lunar calendar
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
middle of a month; second third of a month; 11th to 20th day of a month
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
for a certain reason; owing to unavoidable circumstances
one's real father; natural father; biological father
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
to use tact; to exercise discretion; to be tactful; to be thoughtful; to have the sense (to do); to take a hint
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
house (e.g. of Tokugawa); family
elevator landing; elevator hall
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
too large (clothing); baggy; bulging; warping; parp; toot
ghost; specter; spectre; apparition; phantom
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white go stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
ordinary people; common folk; general masses; man in the street; populace at large
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
hostility; animosity; enmity
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
reserve; reticence; unfriendliness; estrangement