to lean over (someone);  to bend over;  to lean on;  to weigh on one;  to bear (heavily) on one;  to lie on one
 foot of a mountain;  plain at the foot of a mountain;  range;  spread;  extent
 wood;  woods;  forest;  bunch (of something);  cluster;  line
 to be buried;  to be covered;  to be hidden
 quiet (place);  still;  silent;  inconspicuously;  modestly;  quietly
 looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary);  retrieval (e.g. data);  searching for;  referring to
 materials;  data;  document
 one hundred years ago;  a hundred year previously
 construction;  establishment
 at that time;  in those days
 entrance;  entry;  gate;  approach;  mouth
 painstaking;  careful;  meticulous;  scrupulous;  detailed;  elaborate
 to pile up;  to accumulate;  to estimate
 cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
 detailed;  full;  minute;  knowing very well;  knowledgeable (about);  well-acquainted (with)
 circumference;  outskirts;  environs;  (computer) peripheral
 whole area;  whole region;  stretch (of land);  tract;  belt
 paving (a road);  surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.);  pavement
 to build up;  to establish;  to form;  to become (a state);  to accomplish;  to achieve;  to change into
 naked;  bare;  uncovered;  frank;  open;  blunt
 earth;  soil;  the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens);  the ground;  low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud);  (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
 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)
 nonsense;  no meaning;  meaningless
 unevenness;  roughness;  ruggedness;  inequality;  imbalance;  unevenness
 here and there;  little by little;  sporadically;  dots;  spots
 to begin to walk;  to set out
 to decline (in prosperity);  to become deserted;  to become desolate;  to taper off (of a sound)
 fearfully;  nervously;  timidly;  gingerly
 first;  firstly;  first of all;  Introduction;  Preface
 to change completely;  to change suddenly
 to happen to meet;  to come across
 to get tired out;  to be exhausted
 old person;  senior citizen;  the aged;  the elderly
 indiscriminately;  blindly;  at random;  indiscriminate;  random;  excessive
 uniform;  equal;  even;  common;  ordinary;  usual
 to stick into;  to pierce;  to run into
 now that you mention it;  come to think of it;  that reminds me;  on that subject;  speaking of which
 beginning;  start;  outset;  at first;  at the beginning;  initially