to move off (into the distance); to become distant; to recede; to drift away (from a person, activity, etc.); to distance oneself (from); to become less frequent (e.g. of visits)
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
rustling sound; search (esp. a home search by the police)
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
little while; short time; (arch.) an hour; half-hour; half an hour
as expected; as predicted
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
festival; feast; carnival; matsuri
remind me; I forget; was it?; was that what happened?
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
every year; yearly; annually
elegance; grace; article; item; counter for items (of food, etc.); counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)
to come to see; to come and see; to visit
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
to go out to meet; to receive; to call for; to summon; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife)
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
(overnight) stay; lodging; inn; hotel; night duty; anchorage
to follow; to come after; to come next (to); to rank next (to); to rank second (to)
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style; one Buddhist image
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand
progress; advance; improvement; development
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to flare up; to burst into flames
refining; refinement; smelting; training
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
shadow; shade; shading; nuance; shades of meaning; subtleties
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
obsession; compulsive idea
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to be too numerous; to be too much
occupation; taking and maintaining exclusive control (of a location)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout