expertise; experience; knowledge
starting point; origin; origin (of coordinate axes); datum point
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
young child; toddler; child over 1 but not yet of school age
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
hard to figure out; elusive; slippery; vague; subtle
to unfold; to unroll; to open
excellence; superiority; preeminence; prevalence
memory; ability to remember
coherence; order; focus; point
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
one's background; one's history; one's circumstances; one's merit; asset; strong point
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
to stay behind; to remain; to work overtime
qualitative difference; disparity; gap
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
remark; statement; discourse
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
to avoid misfortune; to escape danger
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
puddle of blood; pool of blood
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
enemy territory; hostile place
remnants of a defeated army
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
confusion; bustle; turmoil; to rush around; to act frantically
legend; tradition; biography; life; method; way
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
point of uncertainty; unclarified issue; doubt
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)