border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
far away in the distance; in the far distance
one by one; one each; one at a time
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
one by one; one at a time; in turn
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations
calls and sounds made by insects
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
clapping hands; applause; clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine)
Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki); Chinese persimmon; kaki
cool-headed; level-headed; hard-headed
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
drawing a katana and attacking in the same stroke; doing (something) suddenly and without warning; doing without prior notice
crash; smashing (into); ramming; clash (of views, interests, teams, etc.); conflict
continued alertness; unrelaxed alertness; follow-through (e.g. in archery); lingering affection; attachment
to trample; to crush underfoot
to be muffled; to be mumbled; to be muttered
shadow figure; silhouette
it's been a long time; long time no see
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to be in focus; to come into focus
reflection (of light); reflection (of society, attitudes, etc.); application (of an update, changes, etc.); taking effect
example; simile; metaphor; allegory
regrettable; vexing; upsetting; unthinkable; wholly unexpected
artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made