contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
next-door neighbors; (living, sitting) next to each other
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
extinction; extinguishment; disappearance; annihilation
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
cicada; locust; small-sized pulley
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
since when; from when; how long
season; the times; opportunity; occasion
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
chilly; unpleasantly cold
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
bath; bathing; bathhouse; public bath; room for drying lacquerware; base (wooden joint connecting the blade of a hoe, spade, etc., to the handle)
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to make a cynical remark (about); to make a sarcastic remark (about); to satirize; to mock
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to be needed; to be wanted
it is, isn't it?; I know, right?; innit?
with these words; while saying
to count on one's fingers; to count down the days (in anticipation); to look forward to
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched