to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
wooden floor; room with a wooden floor; changing room (at a public bath)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to press a question; to cross-examine
full dress; formal dress; uniform
company; firm; (Shinto) shrine; regional Chinese god of the earth (or a village built in its honour); counter for companies, shrines, etc.; incorporated body
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
mystery; curiosity; strangeness; ghost; monster; apparition
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
(not) a single person; (no) one
to quiet (a child, crowd, etc.); to quieten; to calm (one's nerves, excitement, etc.); to compose (oneself); to suppress (a rebellion, riot, fire, etc.); to quell
far from; anything but; not at all ... but rather ...; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
single word; a few words; brief comment
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
to announce; to tell; to sentence; to order
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
to be heard; to be audible; to sound (like); to come across (as); to be well known; to be famous
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
relativity; relative; facing (e.g. a problem); confronting
four; 4; four years of age; ten o'clock (in the old time system); burakumin; cross grips
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
edge (of a knife or sword); blade; prong (of an electrical plug)
to dwell (in); to exist (within); to stay (at); to stop (at); to be in the womb (of an unborn child); to be part of a constellation
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
to squeeze out; to wring out
white hair; grey hair; gray hair
to express in a refined fashion; to weave a web of words
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell