homecoming; return to one's home
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
crystal; crystallization; crystallisation; fruits (of labor, union, etc.)
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
opportunity; occasion; (arch.) order; (arch.) sequence; (arch.) successor
much less; to say nothing of
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
soul; spirit; willpower; vitality; something as important as one's own life; something invaluable
living together; coexistence
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
mixed race; mixed parentage
to ring an alarm bell; to sound a warning; to blow a whistle; to warn
apprehension; misgivings; uneasiness; fear; anxiety
foster mother; adoptive mother
ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent
laboratory animal; experimental animal
to grow thickly; to be in full leaf; to be rampant; to luxuriate; to be luxurious
evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)
sad; sorrowful; melancholy; plaintive
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
living by oneself; living alone
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
to run out (e.g. of the room)
suddenly; in a flash; quickly; conspicuously; prominently; showily
charge (of something); matter in one's charge; (one's) assignment; (one's) job
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
physical strength; power; stamina; strength (of a business, economy, etc.)
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
crushing; squashing; crumpling; crinkling (into a broad smile); forming creases; forming wrinkles
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
small dish (served as a part of an ordinary household meal); side dish
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly