to make a speech; to address
to find out; to discover; to locate
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
soldier; combatant; warrior
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
single word; a few words; brief comment
wedding ring; wedding band
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
solitude; loneliness; isolation
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
fields (of rice and other crops)
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
sweatshirt; sweatpants; sweats; sweat
being on duty; person on duty
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
wild grasses; field grass; wildflowers
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
to taste; to savor; to appreciate; to enjoy; to experience; to go through
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
established practice; custom
anything and everything; just about everything
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop