field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
while; even though; despite
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
disappointed love; broken heart; unrequited love; being lovelorn
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
to take (someone) by surprise; to do something unexpected
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
road approaching a shrine
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
clear; clearing (a bar, hurdle, etc.); overcoming; getting through; clearing (the ball); clearing (e.g. a checked box)
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
village festival; autumn festival; harvest festival
street stall; stand; booth
geta; Japanese wooden clogs; turn (in set-type proofing); upside-down character
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
to fall down; to fall over; to turn out; to play out; to abandon Christianity (and convert to Buddhism); to apostatize
(musical) time; tempo; beat; the moment; the instance; chance
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
to be hit; to strike; to touch; to be in contact; to be equivalent to; to be applicable; to be right on the money (of a prediction, criticism, etc.)
submersion; inundation; being flooded
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
pretty; lovely; clean; clear; completely; entirely
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)