village; hamlet; settlement
(distant) howling; backbiting
being dotted with; being scattered
aging; wearing out; deterioration
to crumble away; to collapse
marginal village; depopulated village where most inhabitants are senior citizens
humus; leaf mold; leaf mould; mulch
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
body; body blow (in boxing)
grand; heroic; sublime; fierce
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
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)
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray
big landowner; great landowner; land baron; landed magnate; large landowner; territorial magnate
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
old-fashioned; archaic; antique; antiquated
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
thirst for blood; bloodlust; determination to kill
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to raise one's hand; to surrender; to raise one's hand to someone (as a threat to strike); to become better (at something); to improve; to throw one's hat in the ring
bloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
inhuman; heinous; atrocious
together; mutually; fellow
child born to one's current wife
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)