one by one; one after another; successively
paper store; paper merchant; paper seller; papermaking; papermaker
Lewes (Britain); Ruisu; Louise; Luis; Luiz; Ruiz
a verse (e.g. in the Bible); stanza; paragraph; passage; a joint; section
saying; maxim; aphorism; proverb
to pick a fight; to find fault
occupation; calling; livelihood
famous literary composition
expert; learned person; doctor; PhD; instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryo period); pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
one's social position; one's place; one's standing
field; farm; rural; agricultural; stray (e.g. dog, cat); unauthorised (esp. smartphone application)
inexpensive; cheap; easy; simple
pioneer; trailblazer; leader; groundbreaker; pathfinder; forerunner
artificial product; man-made product; fiction; made-up story; decoration (e.g. for a festival); theatrical prop (esp. a large prop in noh or kyogen, e.g. tree, well, boat)
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
truth is stranger than fiction
creator; inventor; developer
to run into; to collide with; to come to the end of (a street); to run into (difficulties, problems, etc.); to run up against
daydream; fantasy; fancy; vision
to break through; to penetrate; to pierce
mission; delegation; transmission
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
frame; framework; border; box; limit; restriction; category
strange; unconventional; eccentric; odd; odd number
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
central part; heart (of a city)
field; plain; prairie; moor