clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
while; during; while; although; all; both
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
flexible; lithe; soft; pliable
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
wind and waves; strife; discord; dissension
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
interior; inside; internal
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see...
self-evident; obvious; axiomatic; self-explanatory; trivial
rattling; clattering; trembling; shivering; whining; grumbling
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
as if to say; as much as to say; as though
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
substitute player; substitution
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
secret plan; secret scheme; secret stratagem; secret method
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
worthy of; worth doing; worth having
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation