town; city; municipal; urban
intelligence or information network
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to turn up; to brawl (in a play, etc.)
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
mountain range; mountain belt
interior; backwoods; hinterland; back regions
tribe; clan; (taxonomical) tribe; group (of the periodic table)
a great variety of; diversity
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
government service; entering government service; (of a ronin) finding a new lord or master to serve
remarkable; striking; brilliant; splendid; spectacular; wonderful
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
one's own work; making by oneself
to have stiff shoulders; to feel ill at ease; to feel uncomfortable; serious; sober
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
to knead again; to rework; to revise; to polish
two times; twice; two degrees
severe; strict; tough; hard
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
this (very thing); this precisely
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
after the end (of something); post-
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
(beyond the) limits; scope; boundary
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to be suitable; to be appropriate; to match
shabby; dull; cheap; lackluster; uninspiring; depressing
reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
complete stranger; total stranger
affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up