cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
directions; instructions; orders; command
wall of rock; rock cliff; rock face
hand-me-down; food offering to the gods; leftovers; trip from Kyoto to the provinces
to knock down; to knock off
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
outrageous; preposterous; most improper; most unreasonable; inexcusable; unpardonable
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
parents and siblings; one's relatives
severe punishment; rigorous measures
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
strong wind; high wind; moderate gale
to miss one's footing; to be off the right track; to be on the wrong path
to rise to the surface; to come to the front; to emerge (e.g. from obscurity); to stand out (e.g. against a dark background)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
raw; uncooked; natural; as it is; unprotected (sex); raw; live (i.e. not recorded)
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
forbearance; omission; nonfeasance; inaction
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
rivalry; feud; conflict; dispute; struggle; strife
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife
dregs; lees; grounds; pent-up feelings
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
two guilty parties tried and punished together
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine
to shoot through (a wall, the heart, etc.); to go through; to pierce; to hit (e.g. the bull's-eye)
to recover; to rally; to improve; to carry in a different way; to change one's grip (on); to shift (a bag, etc.) from one hand to the other
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
devastating; gut-wrenching; shocking; startling; sensational; astounding
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to think of; to come up with