1 Hara (Japanese surname)

1 original

2 former

3 originally

4 formerly

5 at first

6 so, actually, as it turns out

1 cause

2 origin

3 root cause

4 reason

5 classifier: 个 gè

1 original text

1 to excuse

2 to forgive

3 to pardon

1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction

2 a volte-face

3 to change old practices

1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)

1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement

2 Things haven't changed at all.

1 to be one's old self (idiom)

2 to be unchanged

3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways

1 sticking unmoving to the original (idiom); not an iota changed

2 untouched