substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
true state; actual condition; reality
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to become possible; to become able to (do)
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
here and there; in places
nothing but; except; no more than
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
to buy again; to buy anew
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
shape; form; appearance; style; state; situation
eccentric; oddball; character; weirdo
thousand years; millennium; eternity
long life; longevity; long-lived; long-running (e.g. TV program)
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
... years old; age (of) ...
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
come (on); come now; all right; right; well; hmm
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
to recall; to remember; to recollect
(and) then; and; thereupon; in that case; then; so
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
quickly; swishing; whooshing
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
look!; see!; here!; there!; hey!
to be transparent; to show through
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence