comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
surroundings; environs; circumference
to rise perpendicularly; to tower steeply
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
to surround; to crowd around
bungalow; one-story house
residence; housing; residential building
shop; small store; business; firm
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
each house; every house; many houses
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
central part; heart (of a city)
to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
rather; better; instead; if anything
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
ancestral spirit; collective of ancestral spirits which have lost their individualities; ancestor deified as a kami; spirit of a kami
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
family; members of a family
one by one; one after another; successively
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
product; produce; result; fruit
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
person; someone; human beings; mankind; human (Homo sapiens); (other) people; others
to come and go; to go back and forth
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
to state; to express; to mention
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise