waterway; channel; wake (of a ship)
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
wicked thought; wicked mind
have a pain in one's chest
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
deep pool; deep water; abyss; depths (e.g. of despair, etc.); grip (e.g. of death)
contrary to one's expectations
Japanese cedar (Cryptomeria japonica)
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to think over; to ponder; to ruminate; to reflect
vague; desultory; distracted; loose; half-hearted; diffuse
Tokaido (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway)
pine tree (Pinus spp.); highest (of a three-tier ranking system)
roadside tree; row of trees
Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang); provincial office (under the ritsuryo system); provincial capital
Tsu (city in Mie); harbour; harbor; ferry
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
town area; urban area; metropolitan area; built-up area
starting point of a mountain ascent; trailhead (leading up a mountain)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
directly opposite; right in front
you could say; you might say; verging on the
natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to behave; to conduct oneself; to entertain; to treat someone (to a drink); to make tea for someone (tea ceremony)
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to misunderstand; to misapprehend
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
having said that; on the other hand
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
thought; consideration; thinking