spectators; onlookers; members of the audience
an issue being settled; a case being closed
(very) quick; rapid; swift; speedy; prompt; expeditious
to be elated; to be excited; to be caught up in the moment; to be carried away; to get cocky
to fall in love (with); to love
cigarette; cig; smoke; fag
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
ugh (when angry, irritated, etc.); ack; ach; tsk; keh
obstruction of business; interference with business
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
unexpected meeting; coincidence
student accommodation; student dormitory
shop; store; establishment; restaurant
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
open field; empty lot; plain
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
fortress; stronghold; citadel
town; city; municipal; urban
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
extinction (e.g. of a family); dying out; discontinuation; severance (e.g. of relations); rupture; breaking off
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
leather pants; leather trousers
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
with a lot of fat; with a heavy build; with a portly build; with a stout build
obese body; corpulent physique
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
white person; Caucasian; (arch.) beginner; (arch.) amateur; (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
aloha shirt; Hawaiian shirt
to finish; to get through with; to graduate; to come to an end; to end; to finish doing ...
escape; getting away (from); getting out (of); prolapse; proptosis