first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
fort; stronghold; fortification
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
interception; monitoring; tapping
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
rock; boulder; crag; cliff; anchor
paper mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
dormitory; dorm; residence hall; multi-bed room shared with unrelated travelers (e.g. in inexpensive guesthouse)
cornerstone; main point; requirement; need; necessary; required
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
control tower; conning tower; leader; commander; playmaker; game maker
steady; firm; solid; secure
one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
(emotional) tension; anxiety; (highness of) spirits; (good) mood; tension; tensile strength
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect