crossing; traversing; traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west); cutting horizontally
even more; still more; further
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
reinforced concrete; ferroconcrete
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
selection; choice; option
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
character (esp. kanji); letter; handwriting; penmanship; the ... word (e.g. "the L word" = "love")
origin; beginning; variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; tip; extremity
to grow senile; to be childish with age; to be mentally slow; to be befuddled; to play stupid; to say something stupid (oft. on purpose; esp. as part of a comedic routine)
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
to look up at; to raise one's eyes; to look up to; to admire; to respect
to name; to call; to christen; to term
gaping (e.g. mouth, wound); (opening) wide; snapping up (e.g. bait); biting into (food); plagiarism; rip-off
condition; situation; prospects
conviction; belief; confidence
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
recovery; rescue; recapture
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
longed-for; anxiously awaited
believer; adherent; devotee; fanboy; fanatic; superfan
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
is something that; is that which
to succeed (in doing); to pull something off; to manage (to do a job)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
evacuation; withdrawal; revocation; repeal; retreat
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness