to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
putting money aside; savings; deposit (e.g. in a bank); accumulated surplus of wins; wins in the bank
eighth day of the month; eight days
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
Okinawa (city, prefecture)
(find) common (meeting) ground
Okayama (city, prefecture)
old family; old-established family; one's old home; one's childhood home
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
minority group (party); minority
mid-stream; middle course; middle class
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
danger; peril; hazard; risk
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to read the situation; to sense the mood
sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
sympathy; compassion; pity
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
reason; cause; history; origin
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
treating someone like a child
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
the way back; the way home; return trip
polish; improvement; burnishing
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
in name only; figurehead; (only) by name