expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to project; to protrude; to pop out (e.g. eyes); to jump out; to rush out
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
reaching; attaining; arrival
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
to gouge out; to excavate; to hollow; to bore; to drill; to carve (e.g. pumpkin)
to be gouged; to be hollowed; to become hollow
ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
in that way; like that; that way
royal castle; imperial castle
taking advantage of (a convenient situation)
totally willing; fully motivated
to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)
to slip out; to steal out; to excel; to stand out
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
in that case; (might not be what was expected or hoped for but) if that's the case
to look down on; to condescend
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
indicates concession or compromise; indicates permission
recommendation; putting in a good word for someone
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand