sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to tower over the surroundings
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to take a step backward; to step back (i.e. to re-think something); to distance oneself (from); to behave humbly; to budge (a little); to make one concession
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
echo; reverberation; spirit of a tree; tree spirit
to not give in; to be obstinate; to be stubborn; to be perverse
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
good person; virtuous person
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to make round; to roll up; to seduce; to cajole; to round off (a fraction); (arch.) to lump together
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
right; correct; proper; righteous; just
chafing; grinding (e.g. teeth); binding tightly; pulling tight (e.g. a bow); rotating quickly; hurting sharply
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
coward; namby-pamby; wimp; weak-kneed person; spineless person
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
to grab (someone) by the collar; to size (someone) by the lapels
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
terrain; geographical features; topography
cracks or fissures in the ground
any more; any further; any better; any longer