along the river; riverside
multi-tenant building; building containing a mixture of businesses, shops and residential apartments
group; bunch; crowd; group
to lose sight of; to miss
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
infancy; childhood; tender age
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
tropical forest; tropical rainforest
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
induced explosion; secondary explosion
in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
notice; attention; observation
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
grandfather; old man; kyogen mask used for the role of an old man
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
to take away; to carry off
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
face; looks; vestiges; trace