to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
pressing; stamping; press (machine); the press; news media; military press (weight lifting)
ground; land; the region in question; the local area; skin; texture; fabric
affixing; pasting; sticking
to dispatch (someone); to send; to make go fast (a car, horse, etc.); to drive; to move quickly (one's pen, eyes, etc.); to run (one's eyes over something)
classical elegance; antiquity
linear; rectilinear; straight-line; straightforward; simple
to accept; to receive (an application); to (be able to) take (food, medicine, etc.); to bear; to be affected by; to take damage from
scissors; shears; clippers; hole punch
fretsaw; coping saw; jigsaw
cast; mold; mould; forming; shaping; fashioning
residence; housing; residential building
house across the street; neighbor across the street
fish dealer; fresh fish retailer; fishmonger
flagstaff; flagpole; arabis (any plant of genus Arabis, esp. tower mustard, Arabis glabra); rock cress
to encourage (someone); to cheer (someone) up; to give someone a charge; to empower
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
kindness; intimacy; friendship
here and there; in places
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
foreigner; foreign citizen; foreign national; alien; non-Japanese
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
impact of publicity or propaganda
old-maidish (esp. of fashion); old-womanish
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
compatibility; coexistence; standing together
naturally; in due course; by itself; of its own accord
muddy water; red-light district
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly