one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
position; location; base; point; site
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
home area; home town; local
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
down to earth; reasonable
some people; a few people; several people
tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy; spouse married late in life for companionship
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
resentment; indignation; anger
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
true state; actual condition; reality
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
small private school (esp. for cramming); private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
particular; special; (not) particularly; (not) especially
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
investigation (e.g. academically, of the unknown); close inquiry (enquiry)
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
to be called ...; to be referred to as ...
(religious) precept; discipline; commandment; mitzvah
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
just because; even if; even though
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly