overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
dark night; moonless night
holding out for a short while; putting up resistance for a while; briefly holding one's own
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
chance (of success); odds
looking on from afar; being a spectator
to make an example of; to make a victim of; to hold up someone (something) to ridicule; to pierce with a spear
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
for the present; for the time being; for a while (from now); for some time (to come)
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
one cup (of sake); (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party
drinking party; banquet; feast
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
to smoke (a cigarette, pipe, etc.); to puff on; to rev (an engine); to race; to put on (an air of); to act in a ... way
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; ritual exchange of cups (to seal a bond or pledge)
descendant; scion; lineage
pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire
(a) branch (of flowers); (a) cluster; (a) mass (of clouds)
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
natural disaster; cataclysm
unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy; rice husks; chaff
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
(arch.) three-legged bronze vessel (used in ancient China)
light; glow; (a) light; lights; proof (of innocence)
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
growth; breeding; growing up (in, as); upbringing
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
flames; forefront of fire; flame tips
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to appear ...; to look like ...; to seem ...; to have a trace of; to be tinged with
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)