to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
two days later; day after next; next day but one
Japanese bush warbler (Horornis diphone); Japanese nightingale; greenish brown; having a beautiful voice
bystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane
counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m
rod; pole; neck (of a shamisen, etc.); shamisen; beam (i.e. the crossbar of a balance); single line (esp. as a flying formation for geese); penis
gidayū (type of reciting used in the puppet theater)
I'm sorry to have kept you waiting
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
board; plank; sheet (of metal); plate (of glass); cutting board; chopping board
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
epitaph; inscription on a tomb
stone monument bearing an inscription (esp. memorial for future generations); stele; stela
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
(one) letter; (one) character
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
one's native country; land of one's birth
to bring to a finish; to bind firmly; to superintend
standard; common standard; standard rule; standard way of doing; established usage
arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.; otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish)
villager; village folk; countryfolk
addition; increase; Canada
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
(arch.) to sink; (arch.) to go down; to pass away; to die; to disappear; to vanish
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
Yue (kingdom in ancient China; 6th C-334 BCE); Vietnam
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
bridge (e.g. on a warship)
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)