to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
impossible; unlikely; improbable
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
pair of compasses; compass (for drawing circles, etc.); (mariner's) compass; legs; step
plural; multiple; several
yen (Japanese monetary unit); circle
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
to add (e.g. a postscript)
summoning circle; magic circle (esp. in fictional settings); magic square
in addition; furthermore; above (which); on top of (which)
stone; jewel; precious stone; flint (in a lighter); stone (in go); stone (in the bladder, kidney etc.); calculus
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
story; tale; talk; discussion
this time; now; next time; another time; recently; lately
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (endure); stoically
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
in comparison to; rather than
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
being lost for words; becoming speechless; jueju (Chinese quatrain with lines of either five or seven syllables)
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)