hard to reach place; remote place
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
land readjustment; town planning
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
fields (of rice and other crops)
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
being outnumbered (e.g. in a military context)
standard; basis; criterion; norm; reference; datum
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
large amount of money; great cost
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
in accordance with; according to
in proportion to; just as much as
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to be ruined (reduced to poverty); to fall low; to go under; to come to ruin
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
trauma (usu. psychological)
second-hand shop; curio shop
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
self-defense; self-defence