whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph
commercial go-playing parlour (parlor)
opening a new shop; opening a shop (for the day)
huge rock; firmness; solidity
neighborhood; neighbourhood; street; block; town
ferry (crossing); ferry(boat); delivery
to escape being burned (esp. of a building or the items in it); to survive a fire
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
on the road; on the street; in the street; on the way
interior; inside; internal
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
office worker; company employee; company man; salaryman (stereotypical Japanese office worker)
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
young man; young woman; young people; youth; youngsters
pachinko; mechanical gambling game superficially resembling pinball; slingshot; catapult; pistol
pachinko parlor; pachinko hall
waste of time; killing time
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
the nine principal points in a game of go
stone placed on railway track (by children); decorative garden stone; handicap stone (in go)
class (e.g. school); grade; rank; kyū; kyu; junior rank in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.
practical; realistic; pragmatic
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
life and death; life or death
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
having not the slightest idea
(sheet) music; (musical) note; genealogy; family tree; record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
four times; four colour process printing (color); CMYK printing
challenge; defiance; dare; attempt; try
komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)