border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
one cup (of); one glass (of); one drink (of alcohol); full; filled (with); fully; to capacity
parsley (Petroselinum crispum)
to dish up; to arrange (food) on a plate
thickly; densely; luxuriantly
sidelong glance; short grain (paper); kanji "net" radical at top
to go past; to pass; to pass by
(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway
suddenly; casually; accidentally; incidentally; unexpectedly; unintentionally
to ascend; to go up; to climb
steel; steal (baseball, basketball)
handrail; railing; banister
to slide; to glide; to slip; to skid; to be slippery; to fail (an examination); to lose (a position)
shoe; shoes; boots; footwear; footgear
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
tree; shrub; wood; timber; wooden clappers (signalling the beginning or end of a performance)
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to grow long (e.g. hair, nails); to lengthen; to extend; to reach out; to hold out; to straighten; to smooth out
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
overhead; above one's head; high in the sky
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
torii (Shinto shrine archway)
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
to cover a surface; to spread all over; to blanket; to lay
road approaching a shrine
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
garden lantern; hanging lantern
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
sacred tree; support pillars of the traditional fire festival bonfires
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness