cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence
to become rustic; to be countrified
agricultural community; farm village; rural
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
sōrin; finial of a Japanese pagoda
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
underpopulated area; lightly-populated area
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
Buddhist priest; monk; boy
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
since then; from that time; ever since
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
vacant house; unoccupied house
empty lot; vacant plot of land
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
real estate tax; fixed assets tax; property tax; rates
to diffuse; to spread throughout; to prevail; to become widespread; to reach everyone
frequency (of occurrence)
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
being on duty; person on duty
medicine; the healing art; healing; doctor
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
process; course; mechanism
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to continue to increase; to continue to mount
falling together; mutual destruction; joint bankruptcy
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood