impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
air route; air lane; by air; by plane
small fraction; small proportion
being brought to a standstill; being stranded; being stumped; being in a dilemma; dying while standing (and remaining standing); dying on one's feet
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)
poetry anthology; collection of poems; collected poems
servant; manservant; menial
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
illegality; (arch.) police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods)
base (logarithmic, exponential, number system); radix; base (triangle, cone, cylinder, etc.); type; kind
to be able to manage somehow or another
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
preference; priority; precedence
to palm off; to force a sale
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
assimilation; absorption; adaptation; assimilation; anabolism; assimilation (phonology)
to drop; to let fall; to omit
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
to use up; to exhaust; to wear out
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
gear; cogwheel; cog (in an organization, company, etc.); cog in the machine
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris