direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting (a difficulty); overcoming; exceeding; passing
single breadth (cloth measurement, 30-38 cm)
departure; setting off; being used up; being consumed; passage of time; lapse; rehearsal
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
carrying voice; well-projected voice
exhaled air; exhalation; expiration
to be touching; to be moving
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
repeated blows; striking repeatedly; barrage; consecutive hits (e.g. in boxing, baseball)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to collapse (of a building, dream, plan, etc.); to be destroyed; to fall through; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; to be routed
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
visual confirmation; sighting
to be purplish; to be tinged purple
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
locality; local area; limited area
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death
(in the) palm of someone's hand; (under) someone's complete control; (at) someone's mercy
sphere; globe; ball; sphere; counter for pitches
to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow
occurrence; incidence; generation (of power, heat, etc.); production; ontogeny; development
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
effectiveness; efficacy; efficaciousness
tragic but brave; heroic; grim
to have an ulterior motive; to have an axe to grind
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
to advance; to move forward; to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to raise; to elevate
weak; weakly; feeble; frail; delicate; faint (voice, sunlight, etc.)
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to pretend; to act (as if)
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
priority; order of precedence
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to get wrong; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse