ancient times; distant past; antiquity
town; city; municipal; urban
cultural assets; cultural property
preservation; conservation; storage; saving (e.g. to disk)
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
graduation thesis; bachelor's degree thesis
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to resuscitate; to revive; to regain consciousness; to come round
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
year-end party; "forget-the-year" party; bōnenkai
after-party; second party (of the night); second meeting
overbearing; coercive; pushy; forcible; high-handed
assault; outrage; act of violence; rape; sexual assault
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
day by day; by the day; (arch.) daily; (arch.) every day
retention; maintenance; preservation
since then; from that time; ever since
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
thaw; defrosting; decompression (e.g. of a file); unpacking; extracting
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
monetary; financial; pecuniary
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
study; pursuit of knowledge
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
confidentially; privately; off the record