(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
to row (a boat) to (a pier, shore, etc.); to reach (a goal after considerable effort); to arrive at; to (finally) manage to do
in spite of; despite; although; regardless of; irrespective of
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to demand gratitude; to do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. of fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
periodic; regular; routine
something like that; sort of like that; similar to that; in that vein
drinking party; get-together (usu. involving alcoholic drinks)
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
bottom layer; undermost layer; lowest (societal) class; bottom (economic) stratum; lowest caste
bottom; sole; depths (e.g. of despair, the sea); bottom (of one's heart); limit; end
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made
to dig; to excavate; to delve into; to dig up (vegetables, treasure, etc.); to mine (coal, ore, etc.); to top
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
prioritized; focused; concentrated; predominant
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
metre (unit of length); meter; meter; gauge
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to open out (of a view, scenery, etc.); to spread out; to improve (of luck, prospects, etc.); to get better; to develop (of a town, civilization, etc.); to become civilized; to be sensible
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
conclusion (of an argument, discussion, study, etc.); conclusion
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to wither completely (of a plant); to dry up completely; to drop all its leaves
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
column shape; cylinder; columnar
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
dividing vertically; vertical split; top-to-bottom sectioning; division into sections; splitting lengthwise
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
to take notice (of); to pay attention (to)
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)