one act (of a play); scene; event
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
to stay on; to remain; to hold out; to stop (doing); to give up
to take great pains; to make every effort; to rack one's brains; to be concerned; to worry
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; to be accepted (e.g. of a way of thinking); to work (of an excuse, trick, etc.); going in and out; entrance and exit
spherical; globular; globe-shaped
local; localized; partial; topical (application)
to push back; to press back; to force back
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
to blow away; to blow (a ship) off course; to make flutter (in the wind); to fly (a flag)
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
sanity; consciousness; soberness
to commit seppuku; to commit harakiri; to take responsibility (and resign); (arch.) to laugh until one splits one's side
abdomen; abdominal region; belly; middle part
consciousness; awareness; relief; calm
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
to decide; to determine; to resolve; to break and overflow (e.g. levee); to collapse; to give way
to be reduced to (e.g. poverty); to end up as
pursuit (of a fleeing enemy); chase; follow-up attack
to go down in history; to be recorded in the history books
posterity; future generations; future life
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
main force; main strength; main effort; primary focus
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(exercising) the right to command
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
on the occasion of; at the time of
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
sweet (taste); luscious; sweet (melody, dream, etc.); delightful; pleasant