unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
everyday; daily; ordinary; usual; routine; regular
special; auspicious; happy; naive; innocent; good-natured
merrymaking; high jinks; drunken revelry; spree
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; (lit.) to wrap in wafer paper
direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
union; coalescence; amalgamation; copulation; penetration
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
new type; new style; new model; new strain (e.g. infectious disease)
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
support; backing; aid; assistance
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
customization; customisation
exchanging parts or equipment to effect a change in performance
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
staff; stuff; stuffing; filling
one machine; one aircraft; one life
reset; fresh start; new beginning
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to shift something to; to move something into; to transfer; to transpose; to exchange; to displace
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
circuit (electric); cycle (e.g. Krebs cycle)
restoration (to original state or location); reconstruction; reversion
carefree; comfortable; at ease; easygoing; happy-go-lucky
leaving everything up to someone else
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to have time free; to have time to spare
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
police officer; policeman; policewoman
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
prejudice; bias; distorted view
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
remote region; frontier (district); border(land)
north-east; Tōhoku (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku
national isolation; closing the country (to foreigners); sakoku; policy of national isolation enacted by the Tokugawa shogunate
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to manage a state; to govern a country
misanthropy; misanthropist