entertainer (esp. in a traditional art); performer; artiste; talented person; accomplished person
to go too far; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
yes; indeed; ha!; what?; huh?; sigh
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
surroundings; environs; circumference
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
to lie on top of each other; to overlap; to pile up
to the best of my ability, poor though it be
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one
straight (from one place to another); going right onto; on the way; simultaneously; incidentally; directly
frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)
suspension bridge; viaduct; temporary bridge; mediation; go-between
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
dry riverbed; river beach
narrowness; being cramped; being almost full
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
to grow; to spring up; to sprout; to cut (teeth)
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
place; situation; position; location
wayside teahouse; tea house used as a resting place
go that far; to that extent
to blow (of the wind); to blow (one's breath); to breathe out; to play (a wind instrument); to blow (a whistle, trumpet, etc.); to emit (smoke, fire, etc.); to spout
interpreter (in the Edo period)
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); different person
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
foreigner (esp. one of European ancestry); gaijin; (arch.) outsider