necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)
duty; obligation; responsibility
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
how long; how far; how much
probability; likelihood; chances
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
apartment building; housing complex
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
elevated (structure); overhead
group; bunch; crowd; group
opposite bank; farther shore
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
horizon (related to land)
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
town; city; municipal; urban
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
long and large; tall and large; grand; huge
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
suddenly; all of a sudden
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
assertion; declaration; affirmation
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
Onbashira Festival; log-dragging festival held once every six years in Suwa, Nagano
construction; architecture (of buildings)
time; season; period; phase; stage