information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
change; alteration; modification
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
to shine; to glitter; to sparkle
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
origin; beginning; source; rise
thousands; several thousand
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
a long time ago; in those days
widely; extensively; far and wide; everywhere; all around; generally
cover; mantle; shroud; hood
as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time
to mark the end; to spell the end
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
mostly; nearly; practically; well-nigh; almost invariably; all but
to forget completely; to leave behind
to fire (gun, arrow, questions, etc.); to shoot; to set free; to release; to emit (e.g. light); to give off (e.g. a scent)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to lose sight of; to miss
flame; blaze; flames (of intense emotion, e.g. love, jealousy, anger); passion
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
had better ...; had better not ...
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
after that; afterwards; thereafter
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
emotion; feeling; feelings; sentiment