mountain chain; mountains
corridor; gallery; hallway; cloister (i.e. covered walk typically circling a building or garden, esp. in a palace or place of worship)
exit; way out; outlet; vent
hall; saloon; spacious room; reception room
fortress; stronghold; citadel
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
long (time); longstanding; for a long time
backlight (in photography, etc.); illumination (of the subject) from behind
timewise; temporal; chronal
amount of light; quantity of light
newspaper; paper; counter for newspapers
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
work on paper; text, image or calligraphy on paper
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
exile (second most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
waka; classic Japanese poem, esp. a tanka, often 31 morae
becoming a pupil (of); becoming a disciple; introduction (to); primer; entering through a gate
distinguished person; thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them
popularization; simplification; explaining in simple language; adaptation of history for popular reading (esp. Chinese); historical novel writing
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity
to tear; to rip up; to cut up; to cleave; to forcibly separate (e.g. two lovers); (arch.) to have a tattoo in the corner of one's eye
one clap; one beat; one mora (taken as a unit of time)
exterior; outside; outer; external; lateral
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
spontaneous generation; abiogenesis; natural occurrence; spontaneous occurrence
shell; husk; hull; pod; chaff
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
to etch (name, etc.); to carve (design)
inevitable; inescapable; unavoidable
at once; immediately; right now
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient