to devise a plan; to work out a plot
front and back; inside and outside; two sides; duplicity; double-dealing; being two-faced
to make light of; to hold lightly; to overwhelm (e.g. opponent)
weather; climatic conditions; fine weather; clear day; situation; state of affairs
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
scabbard; sheath; cap (on pen, brush, etc.); case; margin (between two prices); spread
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
outstanding; excellent; remarkable
bearing no comparison with; not to be mentioned in the same breath as
great deed; great enterprise; great work; massive undertaking
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
proceeding to the capital (Tokyo)
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
outskirts (of a town); edge (of a town); just outside the city limits
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
oral; verbal; spoken; parol
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
to get late; to advance; to wear on
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
wandering; jobless; unemployed
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
again (and again); once again; yet again
ghostly air; weird air; unearthly atmosphere
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
tenth day of the month; ten days
Asahi Shimbun (newspaper)
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with