to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
riverbank; riverside; market on the riverbank (esp. fish market); place (for activities); venue
downgrading; demotion; degradation; lowering of position (or rank, etc.)
Ms; Miss; Madame; highbrow (woman); cerebral
novice; beginner; starting to run; running off; running away
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
by gender; according to gender; gender-segregated
carpentry shop; woodworking plant; sawmill
labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers
foreigner; stranger; gentile; goy
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)
god-like existence; person far higher (in hierarchy, etc.) than oneself
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
and; thereupon; because of that
making a fuss; Much Ado about Nothing (Shakespeare)
another city; other cities
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)
one's every action; every single move; slight effort; least trouble; small amount of work
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
rubbish heap; garbage dump
crane (any bird of the family Gruidae, esp. the red-crowned crane, Grus japonensis)
hoarse voice; husky voice
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean