(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
to pluck; to pick; to tear
foreign (product, esp. agricultural); of foreign manufacture
look; appearance; spectacle; sight; observation meditation; outlook on ...
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
ninja house; ninja residence
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
family structure; family composition; family makeup
everyday life; daily life
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
to call each other; to call out to one another
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
at first; in the beginning; originally
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
to pass (of time); to elapse
sacred place; holy ground; the Holy Land; real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
town; city; municipal; urban
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
tranquil; calm; quiet; peaceful
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
field (for fruits, vegetables, etc.); cultivated land; field (of specialization); sphere; womb; birth
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
Japanese (people, language, style)
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit