to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
east, west, south and north
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
place of residence; dwelling place
commercial area; business district
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
load; baggage; cargo; burden; responsibility
progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
bottomless; endlessly deep; infinite
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
murder; homicide; manslaughter
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
eloquence or flattery designed to deceive
way (of doing); manner; method; means
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
private account (on social media, esp. Twitter); account that can only be viewed by approved followers
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
salamander (in mythology); salamander (amphibian of the order Caudata)
eternity; permanence; perpetuity; Eikyū era (1113.7.13-1118.4.3)
leaving (a hall, meeting, stadium, etc.); exit; walkout; exit (from the stage); leaving the stage
the point just before ...; the point of (doing); the verge (of); (just before the) edge
to leave word with (a person); to state in one's will; to leave (something) unsaid; to forget to mention
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)