to find out; to discover; to locate
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)
whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force
to darken; to get dark; to be clouded; to be hidden (behind clouds)
stylish; smart; elegant; chic; refined; trim
business district; shopping district; bustling street; shopping centre; shopping center; downtown
housing district; residential district
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
vista; background; perspective; distant view
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
optimism; taking an optimistic view
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
one by one; one after another; successively
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
while; during (the time when)
heavy rainfall; heavy snowfall; steady rainfall; downpour; raining in earnest
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
to flash (e.g. lightning); to flicker; to flutter (e.g. flag); to wave; to flash into one's mind (e.g. an idea); to come to one suddenly
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
to project; to stick out; to stand out
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory