border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
talk; chat; troth; lovers' vow
(husband and wife) earning a living together
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
wooden building blocks; wooden bricks; playing with building blocks; piled timber; piling up wood
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
to communicate; to commune
general (variety) store (shop)
single-mother household; fatherless family
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
children's story; fairy tale
distinction; discrimination
strength; power; proficiency; ability
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
deep emotion; impression; inspiration
sympathy; empathy; response
subscriber; reader; admirer
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
omission (of middle part of a text); ellipsis
loudly (wailing, making a noise, etc.)
to cry and shout; to scream
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
fictitious; imaginary; fanciful; aerial; overhead
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
ball; ball (pitch that falls outside of the strike zone); bowl; board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
the end of the line; the end of the road; curtains
every evening; every night