to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
teeth of a saw; serration
peak; summit; ridge; back of a blade
in deep black; in jet black
to rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
anywhere; everywhere; indiscriminate(ly); no matter where
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to lie deep in; to extend far back
site; point on a map; spot
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
narrow; small; confined; narrow-minded; intolerant
mountain road; mountain trail
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
to close in on (30 years of age, etc.); to approach; to get close to
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
disorder; chaos; confusion
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
broken; intermittent; disconnected
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
yoke; constraints; oppression
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
(political) power; authority; influence
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region