to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
rickets; person with rickets; hunchback
picking up; gathering; type-picking; walking
stealthy glance; furtive glance
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)
one's post; place of work; workplace
rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
talking while standing; standing around talking
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
to turn down (heat, sound, etc.); to weaken
chicken or fish meatloaf made with egg
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
loafer; free-loader; tramp; unemployed person
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
piano (instrument); piano (dynamic)
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation; health education (school subject)
attendance; presence; appearance
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
topography; geographical features
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
fourwing evening primrose (Oenothera tetraptera); fragrant evening primrose (Oenothera stricta); large-flowered evening primrose (Oenothera glazioviana)
downstream; lower reaches of a river; lower classes
already completely (did, happened, etc.); already entirely
Buddha; Shakyamuni; Buddhist image; figure of Buddha; the dead; dead person
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
drainage basin; catchment basin; river basin; watershed; valley
alluvium; alluvial stratum
diluvium; diluvial formation
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
mountain chain; mountains
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
striking; remarkable; considerable