direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
reckless; (at) random; haphazard; blind; sudden; abrupt
falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
field of vision; visibility; view; visual field; (one's) ken
pipe; tube; (tobacco) pipe; cigarette holder; go-between; intermediary
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
locational advantage; advantageous position
how; in what way; I wonder
advance; moving forward; progress
one line; one streak; one item (in an itemized form); one clause; one matter (affair, event, case, incident)
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
flying column; detached force
left; left-hand side; left hand; the left (wing); leftist; fondness for alcohol
basis; grounds; base (of operations); base (of a group of stones)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
foot of a rock; large rock, most of which is buried
matter of time; question of time
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
waist bag; belt bag; fanny pack; bum bag
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
storehouse; warehouse; godown
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly