episode; anecdote; vignette; episode
novel; original; new; innovative
innovation; new departure; milestone; breakthrough
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); wall (of stones)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
professional shogi player; professional go player
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
round robin; having no losing tickets (of a lottery); brute force (in cryptography); using all combinations
mediocre ability; person of ordinary skills; uninteresting (trivial, worthless) move (go, shogi, othello, etc.)
foolishness; silliness; stupidity; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
encompassing; covering (exhaustively); including (all of); comprising; comprehending
to interfere (with); to hinder; to be hindered (from doing); to become impeded; to have difficulty; to suffer inconvenience
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
genius; prodigy; natural gift
sharp (tongue, criticism, etc.); cutting; scathing
to criticize harshly; to blame; to accuse; to urge; to press
argument; discussion; dispute; controversy
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
impossible; unthinkable; unbelievable; ridiculous
patterns of thinking; train of thought
out of bounds; beyond the pale
field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes
to read and understand; to interpret (e.g. a difficult text); to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
eye measurement; measure with eye
to build; to construct; to erect; to build up (a reputation, position, fortune, etc.); to establish (a relationship, household, tradition, etc.); to lay (a foundation)
calamity; disaster; accident
heroine; great woman; brave woman; woman of strong character; Amazon
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
one's own work; making by oneself; farming on one's own land; independent farmer