disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character
front; frontage; facade; main
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
direct unforked road; straight path
to manage skillfully; to manoeuvre (e.g. car, horse); to maneuver
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China
suppression; repression; subjugation
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
secret; private; surreptitious
national border; provincial border
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
guard; sentinel; garrison
inn town; post town; post-station town
(not) a single person; (no) one
little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
relaxation; recreation; recess
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
port city; harbor city; harbour city
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
prosperity; bustle; activity; crowd; turnout
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
(navigable) canal; waterway
to face on; to look out on to
low-lying part of a city (usu. containing shops, factories, etc.); Shitamachi (low-lying area of eastern Tokyo near Tokyo Bay, incl. Asakusa, Shitaya, Kanda, Fukugawa, Honjo, Nihonbashi, Kyobashi and surrounds)