barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...
Osaka (city); (arch.) large hill
train (esp. long distance train); steam train
deva and naga; heavenly dragon
railway bridge; iron bridge
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
authority; power; influence
elder; senior; senior monk; dean; presbyter
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
sluice gate; water gate; flood gate
reference; example; inquiry (about a product, business deal, etc.); enquiry; being summoned to appear to court; witness
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
village headman; village mayor
reality; actuality; practice (as opposed to theory); truly; really; bhutakoti (limit of reality)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit
lameness; cripple; mismatched pair (of shoes, etc.)
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
Aso faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party); Shikōkai
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
noshi; long thin strip of dried abalone in folded patterned paper, attached to a gift
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down