plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to put out one's hand; to extend one's arm; to reach (for); to try one's hand at (something new)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
furthermore; again; after all; more and more; moreover; even more
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
but; however; provided that
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
composition; synthesis; composite photo; (function) composition
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
The Adventure of the Lion's Mane
not less than; ... and over; beyond (e.g. one's expectations); above; above-mentioned; aforementioned
to replace; to move; to change the position of
indicates reason or excuse; indicates dissatisfaction; indicates desire to be pampered or indulged
three; three years of age
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to sleep; to die; to rest (in peace); to lie idle (e.g. of resources); to lie unused; (arch.) to close one's eyes
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production
to hew; to chop up; to mangle; to mince
(arch.) offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.); gift; sacrifice
at first; in the beginning; originally
supplication; appeal; entreaty; petition
body; oneself; one's place; one's position; main part; meat (as opposed to bone, skin, etc.)
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
unjustified; unwarranted; unfounded; baseless; groundless
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
(poor) treatment; (bad) behavior; behaviour; action; act
to cry and shout; to scream
to feel; to sense; to experience
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
work (film, book); production; creation; turning (something) out
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red