pure heart; naivete; innocence
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
Chinese whispers; telephone (game)
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
handing down (information); legend; tradition; folklore; transmission
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
enterprise; business; company; corporation
high-rise (building); multistory; multistoried; high (altitude); upper (atmosphere, air current, etc.)
home area; home town; local
pamphlet; brochure; leaflet
local specialty; local special dish
nothing in particular; none in particular
this place; where one comes from; here
unfortunately; regrettably
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
address (of a home, business, etc.); residence; domicile
vacant house; unoccupied house
to move (house); to change residence
remote region; outlying district; border district; frontier
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; sure
swing and a miss; (punching and) failing to make contact; (ending in) failure; fruitless effort
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
(blue-collar) worker; laborer; labourer
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
hipbone; innominate bone; fortitude; perseverance; endurance
(two-page) spread; two pages opposite each other
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour); to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale
modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line