youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
being able to hear something (clearly); clearness of a sound; reputation; renown; impression (that something gives off); respectability
profitable plan; good plan
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
normalcy; normality; normal
operation; functioning; running
sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
mountain range; mountain belt
just as one thought; as usual; sure enough
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
to keep someone from doing; to stop; to prevent; to check; to hinder; to obstruct
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
to deliver; to forward; to send; to report; to notify; to file notice (to the authorities)
readiness to die; (in the) face of death
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
to look down on; to make light of
one's own handwriting; autograph
to hand over; to surrender
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
sour look; surly face; pout
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it
duty; function; office; mission; task
perilous pass (on a route or journey); rough spot
to leave (in someone's keeping); to put (in someone's care); to put (someone) in charge of; to leave (a matter) in someone's hands; to lean on; to put one's weight on
right; right-hand side; afore-mentioned (esp. in vertical Japanese writing); foregoing; forgoing
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to lose one's way; to get lost