ordinary; common; commonplace; mediocre; unremarkable; undistinguished
to become rustic; to be countrified
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
complete change; about-face
hut; shanty; hovel; house built directly into the ground with no supporting stones
messy; untidy; disorderly; higgledy-piggledy
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
scene; spectacle; sight; view
savage (barbaric) land; backward region; undeveloped area
cultivating new land; clearing; reclamation
you have only to; all you have to (do); all that's required; as long as; if only
agricultural land; farmland
the country; countryside; rural districts; cultivated land; fields
magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view
desperation; struggle to the death
admiration; wonder; astonishment
forgetting; lapse of memory
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
already; now; no longer; not any more
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
(stand to) attention!; standing at attention
area; zone; (lit.) belt (of land)
to find out; to discover; to locate
to work hard; to work diligently
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand