to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
muffler; scarf; comforter; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to continue to rain or snow
vast; extensive; immense; huge; large; grand
hamlet; subunit of village; burakumin area
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
one sweep (of the eye); sweeping view; unbroken view
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
division; section; compartment; block; plot; lot
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
the place for; the time for; the level of
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
feeling of solidity; three-dimensionality; drawing highlights
spaciousness; extensiveness; expansiveness; vastness
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
foothill; end section of a mountain range
Dewa (former province located in present-day Yamagata and Akita prefectures)
snowflake (cluster of ice crystals)
no!; no no!; no, not at all
vast; boundless; vague; obscure