townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
distant view; looking from a distance; good long distance vision; farsightedness
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
to blow out; to spout out
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
yellow; high-pitched (voice); shrill
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
white heat; incandescence; becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax
to go mad (over something); to be crazy (about something)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
intercept; interception; counter-attack
pistol; handgun; revolver
marathon; long-distance race
tank (military vehicle); chariot
tug of war (orig. a form of divination to predict whether the year will be favourable or unfavourable); forward puller (of a rickshaw)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
(with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
ripening (of a crop); crop; harvest
so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry); overwhelmed; carried away; because of too much
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
advance; moving forward; progress
surely; certainly; without doubt
suitcase; trunk; trunk (of a car); boot; (trunk) line
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
to descend; to stoop; to degrade oneself; to be reduced to
done; just done; just finished
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
to be too late; to be too slow