tactician; schemer; intriguer; resourceful person
necessary; needed; essential; necessity; need; requirement
to float; to set afloat; to show on one's face (smile, sadness, etc.); to recall; to call to mind
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
so; like this; in this way
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
not funny; not a laughing matter; not a joke
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
living room (Western style); sitting room
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
match; game; bout; contest
game (contest) held in the presence of a lord (daimyo, shogun)
football pitch; soccer field
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
interval; period of time; among; between; good opportunity; chance
interleague game; interleague match
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
something or other; one thing or another; this or that
audience; spectator; spectators