demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
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 get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
sensible; sensuous; intuitive
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
voluntary; optional; free; elective
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
description; describing; depicting
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to go through; to pass through; to get through; to cut across
conviction; belief; confidence
feel (i.e. tactile sensation); touch; feeling; sensation; texture (e.g. food, cloth)
for today; for the time being
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
to kick; to refuse; to reject; to stamp (on the ground); to firmly press one's feet (against something)
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
to jump up and down; to hop
to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to be near (a certain age)
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
to bind (with rope, etc.)
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
several times; several degrees
Kyoto and vicinity (esp. during Edo period); Kyoto-Osaka region; Kansai region
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
personification; impersonation; embodiment
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
some; several; many; how many; how much; very