stairs; stairway; staircase
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
meaning; significance; sense
few decades; many decades; several decades
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
landscape photograph; scenic photograph
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
to mutter; to murmur; to grumble; to tweet (Twitter)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
coincident with; while; simultaneously
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to fly away; to flee away; to scatter
swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin; barn swallow (Hirundo rustica); younger man involved with an older woman; boy toy
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
young bird; chick; fledgling; hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
date (with someone); (social) outing (for two); date night; date (day)
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend