to cut (cloth, paper, etc.); to cut off; to sever (ties); to break off (relations); to cut off (a supply route, enemy's retreat, etc.); to block
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
offense; offence; method of attack
brave general; great soldier
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
major company; big company; front castle gate; force attacking the front of a castle
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
information; experience; knowledge; observation
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (flyers, etc.); to give out; to shake off (a pursuer, companion, etc.); to give the slip
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
covering (a loss, deficit, etc.); making up (for); compensating (for); supplementation
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
antipodes; other (opposite) extreme; opposite; antithesis
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
reason; grounds; circumstances
compassionate; sympathetic
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
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
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
projection; protrusion; rupture (e.g. of gas); jetting out; prominence; standing out
growing impudent; becoming arrogant; getting stuck-up; becoming more severe; increasing
pressure; oppression; suppression
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
woven mat (of sedge, hay, etc.)
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
struggle (for); scramble; contest
foolish; imbecile; feebleminded
to keep secret; to conceal
natural defences; natural defenses; steep place
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear