paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
near; close; beside; third person
Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
sutra; Buddhist scriptures
to pass (of time); to elapse
Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
very high; high up; aloft; only; merely; just
sky; the air; weather; far-off place; distant place; state of mind; feeling
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family
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
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
fence; hedge; barrier; wall; railing
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
to do up (hair); to dress; to arrange; to tie; to bind; to fasten
farmer; farming family; farmhouse
grove of miscellaneous trees; copse; coppice; thicket
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
straw-thatching; straw-thatched roof
to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
not necessarily so; is not always true