relief; reassurance; recognition of right to land ownership (by the shogunate, a feudal lord, etc.); (arch.) living safely surrounded by walls
lonely (e.g. person, feeling); lonesome; desolate; deserted; sad; lacking
contradiction; inconsistency
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to live; to make a living; to get on with
proper; appropriate; due; suitable
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
to begin purchasing; to purchase
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
simmering; (boiling) gently
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to buy; to purchase; to value (highly); to think highly of; to incur (someone's anger, displeasure, etc.); to elicit (e.g. sneers)
with a clatter; with a rattle; (almost) empty; (mostly) vacant; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes); shitake
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
roasting; grilling; toasting; tempering (in metallurgy)
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
society; the world; the times
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
opposite side; other side; over there; ahead; destination; there (somewhere distant, esp. abroad)
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
market (financial, stock, domestic, etc.); marketplace; exchange; (street) market
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
degree of difficulty; difficulty level
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess