siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
territory (pre-Taika: under the Yamato court; Heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); (arch.) countryside
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
contemplation; meditation
to open; to undo; to bloom; to unfold; to open (for business, e.g. in the morning); to be wide (gap, etc.); to widen
to turn over; to turn around; to change (one's mind); to reverse (one's decision); to fly (flag, etc.); to wave (skirt, cape, etc.)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
at full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
ascent; uphill; upward slope; (gradual) upturn; increase
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
tag (children's game); tig
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
life; living; I; me; student
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
licking one's lips; licking one's chops
to draw through one's hand; to stroke (e.g. a beard); to work someone hard; to masturbate
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon