basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
operation; functioning; running
ancient times; prehistoric times
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
general idea; concept; notion
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin
difference; disparity; gap
many; a lot of; a great number of; numerous
speech; expression; wording; language
antiquity; the previous era
opening (one's mouth) wide; saying "aah"; crying loudly; wailing; bawling
to get distracted; to jump off the track
awareness; realization; noticing
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
noisily; with loud footsteps; in a crowd; incessantly; all together
how many people; a number of people
someone; a certain person
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
medical examination; checkup; consultation
detection; sense (e.g. sensor)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to leave (someone) alone; to leave to oneself; to leave (someone) be
in the meanwhile; during the time
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to spread (of a rumour, news, etc.); to travel; to be handed down (from generation to generation); to be passed down; to be introduced (to a country, region, etc.); to be brought; to be conveyed (of a feeling, impression, etc.)
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
(taking a) bath; hot spring cure