both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
to turn over (face down); to lay face down; to point downwards (eyes, head, etc.); to cast down (eyes); to lie (one's body) face down; to lie flat (on the ground)
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
grateful; thankful; welcome; appreciated; evoking gratitude
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
waterproofing; making watertight
but; however; provided that
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
anything and everything; from top to toe; from A to Z
household items; furniture; furnishings; (arch.) bow and arrow
entirely; completely; all; nothing but
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
at first; initially; in the beginning
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
rare; strange; odd; peculiar
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled
dark clouds; black clouds
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
steering; piloting; flying; management; handling; control
horizon; distant land; skyline; heavenly shores; remote region
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
measuring container; measure; box (seating at a theatre, etc.); square on a grid; cell of a grid