size; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months; sic bo (Macao dice game)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
superstition; superstitious belief
unless one ...; if one does not ...
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
to conceive; to become pregnant; to get filled with (e.g. sails filled with wind); to be swollen with; to contain (a contradiction, danger, etc.); to carry (a problem, consequences, etc.)
unwell; in a bad state; not working properly; out of order; inconvenient; troublesome
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
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
force; vigor; influence; authority; impetus; momentum
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to avoid (physical contact with); to avoid (situation); to ward off; to avert; to put aside; to move out of the way
hereabouts; around there; that area
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
naked eye; the physical eye
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to squeeze out; to wring out
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
silence (not speaking); muteness
immediately; right away; on the spot
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
standing in a row; forming a line; alignment
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation