nobility; aristocracy; peerage
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
activity; action; occupation; business; sexual intercourse; sex
gap; narrow space between things; valley; gorge; loophole (in a castle wall); arrow slit
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
coarse; rough; crude; raw; unrefined
field; plain; hidden interior part (of a structure or object); wild (of an animal or plant)
relay station (esp. on Edo-period highway); post station; stage
complete change; about-face
(linguistic) competence; language capability
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
accepting; consenting; agreeing; submission; compliance; agreement
bungalow; one-story house
stone paving; cobble paving; stone steps; check (pattern); pavé (rectangular dessert, usu. made from chocolate or several layers of sponge cake)
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
north and south; north to south; South Korea and North Korea
loose (of clothing); baggy; flabby; saggy; sloshing; slopping
restlessly; hurriedly; agitatedly; fidgeting
upper half of the body; upper body
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
loincloth; waistcloth; kimono underskirt
to walk heavily and clumsily; to lumber
one by one; one at a time; in turn
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy