Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
sunlight; sunshine; Nikkō (city in Tochigi); Suryaprabha (bodhisattva)
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
lower part; substructure; subordinate (office); good and faithful servant
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; marijuana; cannabis; not genuine
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
reproductive (procreative) power; fertility
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to push aside; to push one's way through
tree trunk; bole; backbone; base; foundation
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
confluence (of rivers); flowing together; joining; joining (of people, groups, parties, etc.); union; linking up
signboard; sign; draw; attraction; reputation (of a shop); name
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
sign; mark; marker; marker
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
strange; odd; peculiar; weird; bizarre; unusual
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist
merchant; trader; expert (in a trade or profession); professional; woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
to engage in lively conversation
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
person with whom to speak; someone to talk to; companion; advisor; adviser
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
to push along; to move (something) by pushing
case; occasion; situation; circumstances
hard fight; close game; struggle; tight contest
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose