distinguished family; noted family; family status in the Imperial Court; master (of a craft); expert
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
terrain; geographical features; topography
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
many; much; plenty; hardly
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
sense of caution; wariness
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
look who's talking; you're one to talk; you can talk
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
principal street; main street; major road; thoroughfare
to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from; to miss (one's chance to ...)
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
beginning; clue; starting point
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
to try and draw someone out; to fish for information; (for a shrine maiden) to present water to spirits while invoking them; to offer water before a grave
to hang up; to hoist; to denounce; to subject someone to a kangaroo court
morbid; unhealthful; insalubrious
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
to speak; to say; to vocalize
apparently; appears to be
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
unexpectedly; unusually; considering all that
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
moving forward (e.g. vehicle); onward movement; advance (work, procedure, etc.); advancement; progress (of a disease); disease progression
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
mundane; routine; everyday; unremarkable; common; day-to-day
name of an imperial era (e.g. Heisei, Shōwa); Japanese era name