mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
extraordinary; uncommon; remarkable; unusual; rare; prodigious
back street; back alley; off-street
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to think nothing of ...; to care nothing for ...; to be undaunted by ...; to defy ...; to brave ...; to pay no attention to ...
use; utilization; utilisation; application
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
evasion; avoidance; recusal (of a judge)
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
spear; lance; javelin; lance; (arch.) jeering
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
calm; composed; cool; quiet
smoky; awkward; uncomfortable; ill at ease
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
(more than) enough; too much; bitterly; extremely; keenly
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to run through (a crowd, gate, etc.); to sweep through (e.g. of news through a city); to run past (someone) from behind; to overtake
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
to sink (into one's seat, etc.); to leap to one's death (by drowning); to be reduced to (esp. working as a prostitute)
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
accompanying; being in attendance on; inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall)
to fall off; to tumble down
to ascend; to go up; to climb
to arise; to break out; to well up; to burst
to dance (orig. a whirling dance); to whirl (in the wind); to flutter (about); to swirl
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
two-storey house; two-story house
two (long cylindrical things)
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke