the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional
appearance; shape; form; atmosphere; look; feel
to replace; to substitute
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to deal with (a person); to treat; to deal with (a problem); to handle; to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to deal in
faded color; faded colour; antique look
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
generosity; magnanimity; tolerance; length and capacity; measures
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
harmony; accord; reconciliation; agreement
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
display window; shop window; store window
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
storefront; front of a store
ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream
store name; shop name; restaurant name
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
difficult to ...; hard to ...
treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; appeal; strength
thought; consideration; thinking