moat; fosse; canal; ditch
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
before; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
to repeat; to do over again
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
extent; degree; limit; bounds; (span of) time; (a) distance; the state of
to crowd together in a confined space; to gather and make a commotion
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
particularly; only; in the case of
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
always; all the time; never; usual; regular
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
to disappear; to vanish; to go; to leave; to die
reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
royal capital; imperial capital
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
at the very beginning; first of all; first and foremost; before anything else
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
commencing with; including
next; secondly; subsequently
rule; government; administration
to be involved (in); to get involved (in); to relate to (a matter); to pertain to; to (seriously) affect; to concern
nobility; aristocracy; peerage
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
commoner; plebeian; commoner (in Japan between 1869 and 1947; the lowest of the three classes)
influential person; man of importance
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident