to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
outside of one's area of expertise; outside one's field
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
hanging banner; hanging screen; curtain
to accept; to receive; to agree
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
lofty; sublime; noble; the sublime (aesthetics)
figure eight; figure of eight; shape of "hachi", the kanji for eight
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
to serve a master; to serve one's employer faithfully
curiously enough; oddly enough; strange to tell
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
familiar spirit; familiar
makimono; handscroll; roll of cloth (for making a kimono); scarf; stole; makizushi
study of foreign languages; linguistics
smoothly; easily; readily
to finish reading; to read through
it is written that ...; ... is written; it says ...; it reads ...
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to devote all one's energies; to give one's everything; to put in all one's effort
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
encounter; engagement; battle
middle stage; middle phase; middle game; midfield (in soccer)
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
totally willing; fully motivated
reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
malice; malicious intent; intent to kill
to rest; to suspend; to give relief
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
unidentifiable; unidentified
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot