to go downhill; to go down a slope
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
tower; steeple; spire; stupa; pagoda; dagoba
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
lecture attendance; auditing
foreign; imported; outpatient; outpatient care; outpatient clinic
narrow; cramped; tight; fussy; narrow-minded
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
four corners; four ordinal directions
wooden; made of wood; wooden construction
prism; polygonal (esp. square) pillar; bamboo
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
sedge (Cyperaceae spp., esp. members of genus Carex)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
coquettish; charming; seductive; (arch.) beautiful; (arch.) graceful
don't you think?; indicates question
different school (e.g. of ikebana)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to become used to seeing; to be familiar with
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
hakama; man's formal divided skirt
to put on (lower-body clothing, e.g. pants, skirt, footwear); to wear; to affix (a sword to one's hip); (arch.) to affix (a bowstring to a bow)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
janitor; caretaker; custodian; (slighting reference to a) handyman
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
intersection on a go board
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)