to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
hometown; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
northern part; the north (of a region)
(medieval) knight; samurai on horseback
return; giving back; giving up; relinquishing; surrendering
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
emergency; extreme; great; extraordinary
proposal; offer; request; application
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; used for soft emphasis or to soften a statement or request; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.
how; in what way; how about
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
racing (of an engine); idling; spinning (without grabbing; of wheels); going round in circles (of an argument, discussion, etc.); going nowhere; being fruitless
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
to live (of humans); to reside; to inhabit; to dwell; to abide
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to find out; to discover; to locate
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
(someone else's) parents; both parents
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
consequence; outcome; result; blame; fault
to creep up to; to approach stealthily; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
hold; holding; long press (touchscreen gesture); touch and hold; hold (in rock climbing or bouldering); hold (in wrestling)
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) han (unit of land area, approx. 595.8 m^2)