crossroads; intersection; crossway; carrefour
burning at the stake; execution by burning
burning at the stake; burning to death
sentence; verdict; pronouncement
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
to let slip a secret; to let the cat out of the bag
to cause a person trouble
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
to seize; to impound; to garnish; to attach goods
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
at a young age; while still young
to sink; to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
strong nation; powerful country
to clamour; to crowd; to jostle
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
waxing and waning (of the Moon)
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
rain water; "rain water" solar term (approx. February 19)
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
leaving everything up to someone else
counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)
time passes; the days and months go by; the months roll on
thirst; craving; thirst (for love, knowledge, etc.); hunger
midway; halfway through; in the course of
shape of the "dai" kanji (esp. person with arms and legs outstretched); sprawling; lying spread-eagled
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to run up onto (e.g. sidewalk); to run aground; to be stranded
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to trample flat; to beat a path