to stream; to flow (liquid, time, etc.); to be washed away; to be carried; to drift; to float (e.g. clouds); to sweep (e.g. rumour, fire)
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to begin to attend (e.g. school)
(period of) a year; during an era
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
degenerate; pervert; deviant
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
making frequent appearances; appearing often; appearing and disappearing
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to enliven; to liven up; to cause a stir in (e.g. the newspapers); to make prosperous
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
footbath; hot spring bath designed for soaking one's feet
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
hand luggage; hand baggage
walking off with someone's bag; luggage theft; luggage thief
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
hot-spring resort; onsen town; spa town
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to express (in words); to confess
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire