fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
tenement house; row house
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
kendo; Japanese martial art using bamboo swords
very strong person; brave warrior; veteran
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
certain; one; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
to move (house); to change residence
here and there; in places
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
iron grill; iron grille; iron lattice; prison
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
bodyguard; bouncer; bar (e.g. on a door); bolt; stick or pole used for self-defence
staying the night; lodging (at)
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
fortress; castle; citadel; enclosure; castle walls
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
danger; peril; hazard; risk
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
opening declaration; profession; declaration in public; proclamation