to scrape off; to shave off
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
dregs; sediment; lees (esp. sake); leftovers; by-product; worthless item; junk
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
cooperation; collaboration
dozens; scores of; decades
main theater of war; principal battlefield
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to shed light; to cast light
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
invisibly; secretly; privately
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
apparently; appears to be
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to muffle one's voice; to speak (or sob, etc.) quietly
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
guard; sentinel; garrison
interior; inside; internal
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
odds and ends; all; every
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
conspicuously; noticeably; remarkably; especially; particularly
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
(in the) style of a gate; gate-equipped (house, shop, etc.); kanji "gate" radical (radical 169)