care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
sign on a post (usu. wooden and with a small roof, containing information about a sight, warning, congratulations, etc.); public notice; bulletin board; notice board
solemn (ceremony, atmosphere, etc.); austere; grave; majestic; dignified; stately
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
(fully) exposed; bare; uncovered; in full view; undisguised; broad (accent)
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
crops; agricultural produce
the earth below; the ground below; this world (as opposed to heaven)
reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. of a new market); breaking new ground
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
as always; as ever; though it's always the case
through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
wild rose; briar; multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora); baby rose; Japanese rose
exactly; nicely; to a tee; to be fitting
Western-style house (esp. one built in the Meiji or Taisho periods)
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
reflective water surface; reflecting water
to be erected; to be built
stillness; silence; quiet; hush; calm; serenity
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit
long-established shop; shop of long standing; old shop
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
to get to the main subject; to move on to the main topic; to get down to business
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to become twisted; to grow distorted; to get sulky; to sulk; to grow bitter; to become embittered