western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
violence; vehemence; fury; fervour; fervor; severity
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
important point; emphasis; iteration mark; colon (punctuation)
cloth; bujian (spade-shaped bronze coin of ancient China)
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
(full) moon; moon when it's round
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
to come for the first time; to become for the first time
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
to pick up; to find; to gather
to slope; to descend; to slide (snow, etc.)
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
blazing sun; scorching sun; hot day
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
obi; kimono sash; paper wrapper on books, CDs, etc.; band; belt; cingulum
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
strong smell of grass (esp. in summer heat)
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
company; group; class; troop; rank; file
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
fate; destiny (esp. as a mysterious force that binds two people together); relationship (e.g. between two people); bond; family ties; affinity; opportunity
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
bell or gong used to signal soldiers