mountain; hill; mine; (mountain) forest; heap; pile; protruding or high part of an object
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
Aedes (genus of mosquitoes); striped mosquito
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
(opening a door) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) with a clatter; with a crash; (changing) completely; totally
neighborhood nuisance; neighbourhood nuisance
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to shadow
bold; daring; dauntless; intrepid; stout-hearted
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
indifferent; unconcerned; nonchalant; unmindful; inattentive; careless
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
unconsciousness; unconscious; involuntary; the unconscious
willingly; voluntarily; of one's own accord
such a thing; something like that
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
high-end residential area; affluent neighbourhood
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
utility pole; power pole; telephone pole; telegraph pole
soon; momentarily; before long; any time now
stealthy steps; soft steps
side; beside; feature of a sword blade
argument; discussion; theory (e.g. of evolution); doctrine; essay; treatise
hair (on the head); (a) hair
expansion and contraction; elasticity; flexibility
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
special characteristic; special quality; trait; idiosyncrasy; peculiarity
difficult to ...; hard to ...
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
to insert; to put in; to plant (a cutting); to strike; to arrange (flowers); to wear (a sword) in one's belt
other side; opposite side; other party
key; lock; key (to a problem, success, etc.); clue