top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
ranging rook opening; strategy of initially moving the rook sideways
ken (6 shaku, approx. 1.818 m); counter used to number the gaps between pillars
master; masterhand; maestro
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
privilege; special favor; special favour; benefit; prerogative; perk
author (usu. of a particular book); writer
bromide; publicity photograph of a movie star, entertainer, etc.
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
selling like hotcakes; explosive sales
purchasers; customer base; market (for a product)
together; mutually; fellow
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
angle; square; cube; bishop; third degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Chinese "horn" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); jiao (monetary unit of China; one-tenth of a yuan)
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
memorization; memorisation; learning by heart
unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received
starting; engaging; expenses; costs; attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go); barb
action of making something; -ification
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
for example; for instance; e.g.
to throw at; to turn; to raise
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
how; in what way; by what means
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
fashion; trend; vogue; prevalence (of a disease); epidemic