change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to turn (towards); to face; to head to; to go towards; to allot; to allocate
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
story; tale; talk; discussion
as a child; when one was a child
book; volume; this; present; main; head; real
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
to recall; to remember; to recollect
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
circumstances; sequence of events; how things got this way; details; particulars
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
of course; certainly; naturally
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
partly open; in half bloom
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
foreign country; another country; another province; strange land; alien land
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
abruptly; suddenly; all of a sudden; without warning
friendly; openhearted; sociable; amiable; good-humored; good-humoured
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
swelling; boil; abscess; tumor; tumour
(in the same way) as before; as always
the other day; a few days ago
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party