sage; wise man; wise person; buddha; bodhisattva; enlightened priest
queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to distribute; to arrange; to arrange; to lay out (as in decorating); (arch.) to marry off; (arch.) to exile
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
keyword; key word; clue word; keyword; search term; indexing term
virtually empty; quite empty; inadequately defended; defenseless; defenceless
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
long ago; already; a long time ago
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
near; close by; within reach; familiar
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
in this manner; in this way; like this
north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
corridor; hallway; passageway
one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one version; one book; a certain book; ippon; one point