direction; district; area; field (e.g. of study); sphere; quarter
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road; highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...); subdistrict (in China)
adds light emphasis or insistence to a statement; gives a statement a threatening or condescending tone
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
commercial (on radio, TV, etc.); advertisement; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
older brother and younger sister
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
Japanese white birch (Betula platyphylla var. japonica)
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
particulars; details; specified items
plump ears (large, fleshy earlobes), said to bring good fortune
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
mole; lentigo; beauty mark; beauty spot
(plump and) happy-looking
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
breeding facility (e.g. lab. animals); breeding room
to be intimate with; to befriend
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (at); to fling (at); to vent (e.g. one's anger); to express (one's feelings)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
breeding; raising; rearing; keeping
to fix; to settle; to standardize; constant; definite; uniform
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora)
pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)
Japanese four-lined ratsnake (Elaphe quadrivirgata); Japanese striped snake
Japanese forest rat snake (Euprepiophis conspicillatus, Elaphe conspicillata); burrowing rat snake
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
matchless; unequalled; unequaled
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about