rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
city; Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
sermon; preaching; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
origin; birthplace; descent; lineage; ancestry
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
to till; to plow; to plough; to cultivate
cannot be compared with; no match for
to come home in triumph; to return to one's hometown in glory
stepping (in place); stamping (up and down); stomping; standstill; stalemate
how many years; how long; what year
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to cross one's mind; to be reminded
tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling
all over the body; from head to foot; all over
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
apple (fruit); apple tree (Malus pumila)
half; semi-; half-past; odd number; (arch.) unit of land area (595.8 m^2)
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
guard; sentinel; garrison
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
this world; this life; world of the living
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
magnificent; grand; fair; square; grandly; boldly
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
if so; in that case; in that situation
to be profitable; to yield a profit
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
killing two birds with one stone
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention