one plot (of land); one block (i.e. one city block); one area; one brush stroke; one kanji stroke
development; exploitation
early (days); initial stage; initial
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
many; much; plenty; hardly
to be bony; to be angular
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to settle (in a place); to settle down
one night; all night; overnight; one evening
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
highwayman; bandit; brigand; highway robbery; holdup; mugging
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
triangle; triangular shape
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
fault; defect; minor; 5-point card
dark night; moonless night
flash (of light); glint; schiller
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
third stage; three stages
unmatched (unparalleled) accuracy
heart; guts; nerve; central part
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to press; to oppress; to dominate; to overwhelm
long sword (esp. the tachi, worn on the hip edge down by samurai); large sword; straight single-edged Japanese sword (from the mid-Heian period or earlier)
to clear away; to clear land; to prune; to lop off
crossing; intersection; (genetic) crossing over