half-way up a slope or stairway; landing; center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
oblong; landscape orientation
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
although I say; although one might say; although called
multicolumn layout; column setting
(made of) stone; stone-built
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
fur; skin; pelt; kanji "fur" radical
carpet; rug; mat, mattress, quilt etc. spread out on the floor (or ground) and used to sit or sleep on; spread; (cloth) cover
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
it is not (like that) either
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
guest; visitor; customer; client; counter for containers used to entertain guests
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
observer; watchman; lifeguard
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
minimum; at the very least
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
popular (among the general public); populist; plebian; low-brow; widely liked
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
anything and everything; just about everything
to see through; to see the true nature of something
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
to select; to choose; to diagnose (an illness); to judge; to liken to something else; to regard as something else (e.g. to use another person as a mirror); to see someone off
marriage ceremony; wedding; nuptials
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market