common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to follow (road); to pursue (course); to follow up; to follow (hyperlink)
to melt; to thaw; to fuse; to dissolve
passage; path; route; one's way
home ground; home field; one's haunt; one's stamping ground; one's domain
expectation; anticipation; hope; promising; rising; up-and-coming
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
glasses; eyeglasses; spectacles; judgment; judgement; discrimination
crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
Kanto; region consisting of Tokyo and surrounding prefectures; Kanto; north-eastern half of Japan (during the feudal era)
stratum; geological formation; layer; bed (coal, gravel, etc.)
to drain; to pour; to wash away; to distribute (e.g. electricity over wires, music over a PA system, etc.); to circulate; to cruise (e.g. taxi); to float
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
underground; subterranean
(many) trees; every tree; all kinds of trees
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
Japanese-style garden; traditional Japanese landscape garden
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
traditional; conventional
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
landscape gardening; landscape architecture
calm; graceful; quiet; mellow; damp; moist
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
matcha; powdered green tea