fearfully; nervously; timidly; gingerly
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
cavern; cave; cave system; grotto
the four cardinal directions; north, east, south and west; surroundings; many countries; the whole world; all around; here and there
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to move forward; to move on
mapping; aligning related information, objects, etc.; mapping; mapping; cartography
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
dealing with; coping with
maze; labyrinth; inner ear
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
the trouble is that ...; the problem is that ...; unfortunately; annoyingly
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
box; case; car (of a train, etc.); shamisen case; shamisen; public building; community building
weak point; weakness; shortcoming; defect; flaw; sore spot
discovery; detection; finding
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
to be reminded of; to call to mind
change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration