to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
bygones; the past; past event
one's heart; at one's discretion; in one's hands
confidence; trust; faith; credit
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
feel (of something); touch; texture; feeling; impression
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
post horse; mounted courier; express messenger on horseback; fast horse; swift horse
2nd day of the month; two days
entrance door; front door; gateway (to a region, etc.)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
mountain road; mountain trail
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
300; three hundred; 300 mon; trifling amount; shyster
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
not less than ...; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; the above; the above-mentioned
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
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 rise (steeply); to tower; to soar
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
monolith; large slab of rock; unity (of a group, organization, etc.); unanimity; solidarity
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
inn; tavern; (arch.) basket used by travellers to carry food and other supplies; (arch.) basket used by travellers to carry horse fodder
each house; every house; house to house; door to door
to machine; to cut; to scrape
is something that; is that which
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
technique; art; skill; move
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
back street; back alley; off-street
to hit (e.g. with a car); to knock down; to reject; to eliminate; to refuse (e.g. a request); to deny; to flip
izakaya; tavern, bar, etc. that also serves various dishes and snacks
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
arbor; arbour; suffix forming the final part of the pseudonyms of some writers and performers; suffix forming the final part of the name of a restaurant
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
dilapidated house; deserted house
somehow dirty; slightly dirty; dingy; somewhat base; vaguely underhanded