to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to be buried; to be covered; to be hidden
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
materials; data; document
one hundred years ago; a hundred year previously
construction; establishment
at that time; in those days
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
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)
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
unevenness; roughness; ruggedness; inequality; imbalance; unevenness
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
to begin to walk; to set out
to decline (in prosperity); to become deserted; to become desolate; to taper off (of a sound)
fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to change completely; to change suddenly
to happen to meet; to come across
to get tired out; to be exhausted
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially