appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
what the hell are you saying!?
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
arm; skill; efforts; ability
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
dojo; hall used for martial arts training; manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
in comparison to; rather than
how long; how much; to what extent
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
to think (about, of); to think over; to consider; to bear in mind; to think (that); to believe; to intend (to do)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to be decided; to be settled; to be unchanging; to be the same (as always); to be a fixed rule; to be destined; to be well executed (of a manoeuvre in a sport, game, etc.)
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
I see; that's right; indeed
master; teacher; stable master
considerably; fairly; quite
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
understood; I see; OK; present; here
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
beginning; outset; first; onset
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
memory; ability to remember
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...