running through (north-south); cutting across; travelling across; cutting vertically; sectioning longitudinally
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
quarantine; medical inspection
tariff (import tax); duty; customs
payment; bill; sweeping; clearing away; sweeping stroke (e.g. when writing kanji)
freezing (e.g. water); freezing (prices, wages, assets, etc.); moratorium; suspension (e.g. investment)
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
ore; unprocessed metal; ground metal; (one's) true character
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
to pile up; to accumulate
unpleasant; disagreeable; displeasing; uncomfortable; unhappy
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
miscellaneous goods; general goods; sundries
equivalence; equal value; parity; (logical) equivalence
store; reserve; stock; savings
mechanism used to lift an actor onto the stage (in kabuki)
to be refined (character, manners); to be classy; to be polished
both eloquent and skilled
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to use X as a selling point
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to shake; to waver; to tremble
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
porcelain; china; chinaware; ceramics; pottery
vocal message; speech; statement; prologue at the start of a kabuki performance
setting a place; setting the table
land route; overland route; by land; overland
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier
to hand over; to surrender
disk; discus; flying saucer; disc media (CD, DVD, etc.)
Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush