indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
many; much; plenty; hardly
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
to slide into; to slip into
to churn up; to strike up; to throw up; to tip up; to flip up
this and that; one thing or another
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
at the same time as; while; as well as (multiple roles)
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
jump; jumping event (skiing, track and field); jumping (to another page after clicking a hyperlink); jump (in price); sudden rise
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
two classes; double; two sets
tenacious; persevering; persistent; sticky
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
attacker (esp. in volleyball)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
one more; another; the other; not quite; not very good
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
to give a round of applause; to applaud
to have one's heart stop beating; to be shocked; to be staggered
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
if you think about it; come to think of it
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
likability; favorability; popularity
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
number of (large) animals