to cross; to intersect; to associate with; to mingle with; to have a sexual relationship; to copulate
matchmaker; go-between; intermediary; middleman
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid
scenery; scene; landscape
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
although I say; although one might say; although called
ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land
historic; historical; traditional
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
fantastic; magical; wondrous; whimsical; fairytale-like; romantic
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
only; merely; but; no more than
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
simply put; putting it simply; in short
misfortune; bad luck; ill luck; ill fortune
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
one Nth part (e.g. one fifth, one tenth); one out of N
division by 1000; one-thousandth
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
probability; likelihood; chances
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
cannot be compared with; no match for
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
call; summons; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (arch.) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
declaration; proclamation; announcement
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to come back; to bloom a second time