western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)
the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)
temple (Buddhist); central pillar of a pagoda; kshetra (realm, country); ksetra
Lu (Chinese vassal state existing during the Spring and Autumn period)
the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district
so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
to spare; to grudge; to regret; to lament; to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
(sense of) hearing; auditory perception
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
to be scorched into; to be seared into; to make a strong impression; to be etched in (one's memory)
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
(artillery) barrage; bullet hell; curtain fire; barrage of scrolling comments (overlaid on an online video)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
by sheer strength; by brute force
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; lifting (of a ban, sanctions, etc.); removal; release (from obligations)
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
counter for thin, flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper, plates, coins); counter for portions of gyōza or soba; counter for ranks; counter for wrestlers of a particular rank; counter for fields or rice paddies; counter for palanquin bearers
to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
gap; opening; spare moment; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
heavy fog; dense fog; thick fog
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
fierce; intense; severe; very; extremely; terribly
eerie; hair-raising; exaggerated; ostentatious
pulsation; pulsatory motion
indeterminate form; undefined; indefinite; unstructured
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
any; all; every; both; either; none (with neg. verb)