the point just before; the point of doing; the verge of happening
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
violent emotion; passion; fury
to cut off; to excise; to tear off; to cut out; to whittle down; to tear out
unnatural death; violent death
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
brave figure; valiant figure; heroic figure; gallant figure
viewpoint; point of view; way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule)
along; parallel to; in accordance with
to pile up; to accumulate
dissemination; scattering; sprinkling; spraying
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
temporal art; art forms which unfold over time
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
spatial art; space art; plastic arts; formative arts
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
dominion; territory; possession
favourite horse; favorite horse
posterity; future life; life to come
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
bravery; courage; heroism
leader (of an alliance); leading power
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
to run counter to; to go against; to disobey; to infringe
inconstant; unchastity; unprincipled
historic; historical; traditional
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
timewise; temporal; chronal
entirely useless; completely worthless; no no; don't!
illustration appearing in the first pages of a publication; frontispiece
illustration (e.g. book); picture
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
fast-talking; rapid talking
three countries; Three Kingdoms (in China, 220 CE-280 CE); Three Kingdoms (in Korea, 57 BCE-668 CE); (arch.) Japan, China and India; (arch.) Japan, Korea and China