to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
appearance; air; condition; state; form
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside
quarter; a fourth; square (piece of) cloth
place; situation; position; location
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
residence; abode; dwelling
as (for); for; in the capacity of
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
to rebuild; to reconstruct
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
starting point of a mountain ascent; trailhead (leading up a mountain)
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
distinctive of; characteristic of; uniquely applying to; but; except; without
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
direct unforked road; straight path
one thin flat object; one sheet
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
heated stone (wrapped in cloth and kept next to the body for warmth)
relatively; comparatively
to hug someone close; to hold someone tight; to embrace closely
to strain one's eyes; to look closely; to stare at
to be found; to be discovered
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever