interruption (e.g. of a conversation)
to cut; to slit; to cut open
combined living room, dining room and kitchen
to hold aloft (e.g. a sword); to brandish
lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
munching; crunching; (lightly) scratching (an itch)
insurance; guarantee; warranty
to stick (into); to pierce; to enter at full speed; to hit (e.g. the catcher's mitt) at speed
spin; rotation; spin (in PR, politics, etc.); ribbon bookmark (attached to the binding)
one revolution; one rotation
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
conventional train line (esp. non-Shinkansen)
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
to be taught; to learn; to take lessons in
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to pass down (a story) from generation to generation; to hand down
falling into a doze; dozing off; nodding off
to nod off (while sitting); to doze off; (lit.) to row a boat
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; test; check; scan (e.g. MRI, PET); audit
to dart around (of one's eyes); to be shifty
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
facing; opposite; across the street; other side
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour
stronghold; inner citadel; base; headquarters
prefecture (of Japan); county (of China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (of France); province (of Italy, Spain, etc.)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
ridgeline; lines of a mountain ridge