east, west, south and north
cross; crossed; cruciform
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
to cross (e.g. road); to traverse
denotes uncertainty; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; A and B and the like
to form a line; to queue up; to line up
(not) a soul; (not) a single person
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
quite clearly; quite distinctly; perfectly; exactly
being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
gift; premium; prize (lottery drawing, pachinko, etc.); party favor (favour)
grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching
as much as one can take or carry away
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
mark; symbol; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to; focusing on
white vegetables or fish simmered without soy sauce
(fish) biting at every cast
to be in a tizzy; to be in a frenzy; to have one's eyes light up; to have a different look in one's eyes
walking heavily; lumbering
in general; generally; as a whole; all in all; altogether
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
resistance (e.g. to antibiotics); tolerance (e.g. drug tolerance)
easily; readily; with ease; without trouble
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
for some reason or other; somehow or other; by some chance
to continue to do; to persist in doing
in a lively way; vividly; freshly; animatedly; actively; energetically
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
bomb; alcohol with liquor added (esp. wine-based shōchū highball, also beer with whiskey)
to throw; to fling; to heave; to toss
addition; annexation; appendage
(sense of) story; (sense of) narrative; storytelling (within a work); plot; storyline