Boötes (constellation); the Herdsman
Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Singapore
Ursa Major (constellation)
the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow
stars; the stars and planets; celestial bodies
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to lose sight of; to miss
distance; range; difference (e.g. in opinion); gap; metric
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family)
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
warm; mild; considerate; kind; warm (of a colour); mellow
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
blame; censure; rebuke; reproof
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); private matters; internal affairs; conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
8000; eight thousand; many
sexennial; recurring every six years
long time; long interval; for quite some time
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to fear; to doubt; to have misgivings about; to worry about; to be anxious about; to be apprehensive about
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood
way (of doing); manner; method
provincial dialect; rural dialect
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...
standing tree; standing timber
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour