being very active; being very useful; playing a very active part; making a spectacular showing; great efforts; splendid work
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
emigration and immigration
overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation; crammed (schedule); congested; busy
to make good use of one's spare moments; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to fly about; to jump about; to bustle about
ramification; branching off
a touch (of sadness, unease, etc.); a tinge (of); a hint (of); a smear (of paint, ink, etc.); one stroke (of a brush)
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
(spaghetti alla) carbonara
shh!; shush!; hush!; shoo!; scram!
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike a chord in one's heart
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
way of listening; listener
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
separation; living separately; living apart
Europe and the United States; Europe and America; the West
sad to say; how sad; alas
to fall in love (with); to love
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
creed; belief; conviction; article of faith
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
to become empty; to be emptied
a few years ago; some years back
school; school building; schoolhouse
publication (of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.); issue; issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising (an event)
clerk; office worker; office staff
to be prominent; to be conspicuous; to stand out; to be outstanding; to be remarkable; to be striking
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash; to ruin (a plan, atmosphere, etc.); to spoil; to wreck
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
control; check; restraint; inhibition
to sob; to never stop crying; to cry on and on
front; frontage; facade; main