area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
discovery; detection; finding
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
three; three years of age
consists of; comprises; is made up of
fine-looking; beautiful; handsome; graceful; elegant
mountain; hill; mine (e.g. coal mine); heap; pile; crown (of a hat); thread (of a screw)
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
Northern and Southern Courts (of Japan; 1336-1392); Northern and Southern Dynasties; Northern and Southern Dynasties (of China; 420-589)
country in civil war; country disarrayed by war; Warring States period (Japan, China); competiton in which there are several evenly-matched participants; hotly-contested game (match, market, etc.)
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
tragedy; tragic drama; tragic play; tragedy; calamity; disaster
to pile up; to accumulate
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
heaven-sent child (in answer to a Shinto or Buddhist prayer); child (e.g. of an era); product
(arch.) straight; ordinary; common; doing nothing
while; during; while; although; all; both
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
entering the priesthood; priest; monk; bonze
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
nun; bitch; Amagasaki, Hyogo; Amazon (online retailer)
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
monk; priest; sangha (the Buddhist community)
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited