schoolyard; playground; school grounds; campus
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to break (into pieces); to be broken; to collapse; to crumble; to become less formal; to throw off reserve
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
reality; actuality; hard fact
fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
beginning; outset; first; onset
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit)
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
to return; to come home; to leave; to get home; to get to home plate
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
hand luggage; hand baggage
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
weight; heavyweight boxer
something like ...; something called ...
to carry; to bring (to a place)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed
really; truly; indeed; good grief
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
physical strength; brute strength; arm strength
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to rise; to swell; to be promoted