skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
respect and affection; love and respect
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
level; standard; water level
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
to bawl; to cry; to scream
unconnected; weakly related; alien; having little prospect of marriage
to bring; to take; to bring about
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
intensification; aggravation
on the occasion of; at the time of
to act as a go-between (for); to mediate; to arrange; to entertain (guests); to treat; to receive
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
what people say; rumours; public opinion
to take advantage of an opportunity
plausible (but untrue); credible (e.g. of a lie); specious; truthy
tedium; boredom; dullness; to feel bored; to get bored with; to get tired of
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
back street; back alley; off-street
that road (path, street, way, etc.); that line (of business); that profession; love affairs; romance
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
traditional Japanese travel outfit; travel kit
with a friendly grin; smilingly
affable; amiable; sociable; agreeable
bent back; hunchback; stoop
intelligence operative; spy
front; frontage; facade; main
intelligence gathering; information gathering
full portrait; whole aspect; full story
apparently; appears to be