the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
interception (email); wiretap; bug
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
folding into four; quarto
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to pick up; to find; to gather
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to fold up; to fold into layers
in search of; in order to look for
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
tea party; get-together; tea ceremony
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
reading in a monotone; reading a Chinese classical text without translating it into Japanese
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
to one's regret; regrettably; unfortunately; what can be done about ...; ... cannot be helped