so; like this; in this way
wintry sky; cold weather (in winter); wintry weather
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)
to rain incessantly; to downpour
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
unity; consolidation; uniformity; unification; compatible
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to be crowded with people; to be bustling with; to prosper; to flourish; to do thriving business
shop; small store; business; firm
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to worry about (someone's welfare or comfort); to feel anxious about; to have apprehensions of
old couple; elderly couple
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
anything and everything; just about everything
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
falsehood; syntactic expletive
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
before one's eyes; in front of one; under one's nose; immediate; imminent; around the corner
dizziness; giddiness; vertigo
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
to put on; to wear; to be clad in; to twine around; to twist around; to coil around
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to scurry home; to run home; to fly back
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to apologize; to apologise
to pull over one's eyes (e.g. hat); to wear pulled down over one's eyes
lying face down; upside down; prone
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)