people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
light; faint; pale; fleeting
whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing
to pass (e.g. car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to get ahead of
twelve; 12; queen (playing card)
fourth rank; fourth class; fourth sign of the Chinese calendar; Denmark
government office; agency; board
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
large; large-sized; large-scale; big
land route; overland route; by land; overland
throughout; all through; right through
quagmire; sludge; mud; slush; mire
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
dusk; nightfall; twilight
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
thatched cottage; hovel; my humble cottage
stick-to-itiveness; perseverance; radical (esp. one that tends to ionize easily); root; indriya (faculty of the body having a specific function, i.e. the sensory organs)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
leaving open; leaving ajar; outspoken; frank
palm tree (any tree of family Arecaceae)
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
singing voice; (sound of) singing
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
kimono; Japanese traditional clothing (esp. full-length); clothing; clothes
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
due form; official; formality