past days; bygone days; days of yore; while still alive; during one's lifetime
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
to choose at one's own discretion; to choose when to do something; to estimate (the time for something)
bookstore; bookshop; publisher; main building
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
secret intention; ulterior motive; kanji "heart" radical at bottom
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
rather; better; instead; if anything
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration
gender; distinction of sex; sex
that is to say; so that means
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
expression; presentation; representation; notation
thoughtless; reckless; rash; excessive; unreasonable; immoderate
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
daytime television serial; soap opera
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
being struck mad by love; foolish passion; blind love; infatuation; jealousy
tangle; entanglement; snarl; complication; difficulties; trouble
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
immorality; injustice; adultery; infidelity; (arch.) murdering one's teacher or a government official
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
easily; readily; quickly; lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.); plainly; simply
to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along