pennant; gold-brocade flag
Kinki (region around Osaka, Kyoto, Nara)
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
loveliness; charm; allure; colour and scent; color and scent
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
at all costs; whatever the price; would give anything
pulverization; pulverisation; smashing; demolishing
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
moss; short plants resembling moss (incl. other bryophytes, lichens, very small spermatophytes, etc.)
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
stronghold (esp. of an enemy or opponent); inner citadel; bastion
Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
aid; assistance; help; cheering; rooting (for); support
one's family temple; temple with one's family grave
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
rock (in rock-paper-scissors); stone; ungh; gulp; rumbling (of an empty stomach); growling
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
piling up; multiple layers
being apt to; being liable to; being inclined to
thug; hooligan; ruffian; (arch.) spy
guerrilla; guerrilla warfare; sudden
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to scatter; to disperse; to spend on; to squander (e.g. one's fortune); to chase away (e.g. one's worries); to kill (pain)
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
simmered with; cooked with; boiling; boiled dish