new (residential) area (esp. built on reclaimed land during the Edo period); newly-opened region; red-light district; newly-acquired territory
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
sale; selling; selling point; gimmick; seller; vendor
to carry; to transport; to come; to go; to wield (a tool, etc.); to use
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
constant attendance; uninterrupted supervision; staying with someone all the time
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
news (from somebody); letter; contact; (somebody's) whereabouts; (somebody's) movements
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
the other day; a few days ago
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
bone; frame; outline; core; backbone; spirit
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
writing brush; paintbrush; writing with a brush; drawing with a brush; writing (composing text); the written word
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
foot; paw; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
neighbourhood; neighborhood
to be found; to be discovered
by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
this sort of; this kind of; like this; such
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that