arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
feather; plume; wing; blade (of a fan, propeller, etc.); shuttlecock (in badminton); shuttlecock (in hanetsuki); arrow feathers
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
of course; certainly; naturally
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to clear up; to clear away; to refresh (e.g. spirits); to be cleared (e.g. of a suspicion); to be dispelled; to be banished
railway station; train station; staging post on a highway (in pre-modern Japan); counter for railway stations and bus stations
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon