circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
chitter; chatter; giggle; screeching; squealing
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
attitude; manner; behaviour; attitude (towards an issue, etc.); position; stance
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
religion; religious affiliation; belief; religious activity
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
only recently; just of late
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
looking on (somebody) as hostile
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
family; members of a family
near oneself; close to one; familiar
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
being startled; getting a shock
adaptation; accommodation; conforming; acclimatization; acclimatisation
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
tradition; legend; folklore
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to give (time, money, goods); to donate; to do; to perform; to apply (processing, makeup, etc.); to add (e.g. ornamentation, annotation)
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
good story; heartwarming story; good prospect (e.g. marriage, business)
impressions; thoughts; feelings; reactions
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use