to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
(all) important positions; every strategic point; each key post; (all) important parts; every important point
skillful; skilful; delicious; tasty; good (deal, idea, etc.); profitable
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
fact; truth; reality; in fact; actually
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
but; however; provided that
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
splendid; nice; sufficient; satisfactory; not needing (any more of something); (already) having enough
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
to be in danger of; to be liable to; to be at risk of
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
by no means; never!; certainly (not); surely (not); something unexpected; emergency
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
to be dampened (of one's enthusiasm, enjoyment, etc.); to be reduced; to be weakened; to be spoiled
anyway; anyhow; setting aside ...; regardless of ...; really; truly
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
away (game, goal, etc.); opponents' ground; unfamiliar surroundings; feeling out of place; enemy territory