for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
beginning; outset; first; onset
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
conversely; on the contrary
to commit a crime; to do evil
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
good person; virtuous person
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
homework; assignment; pending issue; unresolved problem; open question
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
thank you for your hard work; good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
the very end; finish; to the very end; to the last; thoroughly
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
wasteland; wilderness; deserted land; prairie; vast plain; wilds
in the end; on top of that
level ground; horizon; field of view
yellow sand; yellow dust; loess; desert
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
to turn over; to turn pages of a book; to tear off; to strip off; to tear up
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; practice; action; implementation; fulfillment
slashing a sword diagonally from the shoulder
blow; hit (on the body); beating