perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
which is which; one or the other
bakery; baker; pastry shop
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
old clothes; secondhand clothing
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
sales; selling; marketing
general merchant; Jack of all trades
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
vacant house; unoccupied house
farming implement; farm tools
the other day; a few days ago
shopkeeper; storekeeper; proprietor of a shop
strained back; slipped disk; lumbosacral strain
official name; formal name
to be bewildered; to be perplexed
reserved; introverted; reticent; shy; withdrawn
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
old; former; the old; old things; old times; bygone days
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
(on a) closer look; closer scrutiny; second look
government service; the bureaucracy
road; path; way; set of practices; Buddhist teachings; Taoism; modern administrative region of Japan (Hokkaido)
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
babysitting; babysitter; protecting; keeping; keeper
naivete; simplicity; innocence
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling