position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
four; four years of age; ten o'clock (old time system); Burakumin; cross grips
to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to land (a boat); to show someone (into a room)
narrator; storyteller; reciter
to run over (with a vehicle); to knock down
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
to be mixed; to be blended with; to associate with; to mingle with; to join
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to cut deep into; to cut one's way into (an enemy position); to rush on; to press someone hard (e.g. with questions); to get to the heart of (a matter)
let me humbly say; most humbly; with all due respect
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to exert (influence); to exercise; to cause (e.g. damage); to do (e.g. harm); to bring about (e.g. benefits); to extend
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
extremely gruesome; lurid; violent; bloody; fierce
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
society; the world; the times
to backfire; to have a harmful result
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; to open
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
pleasure; supreme pleasure obtained by freeing oneself from earthly desires
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)