waiting; waiting time; wait tile; tile which would complete one's hand
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
addition; annexation; appendage
shelter; cover; screen; shield; obstruction; defilade
to be lit (e.g. electricity comes on); to be lighted; to catch fire
main theater of war; principal battlefield
rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance; one who arrests; force attacking the rear of a castle; (opponent's) weak point
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
military gains; war results; fruit of battle
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
to hold one's breath; to bate one's breath
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
according to; reads; reading; is written; says; states
library; book collection; paperback book
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure; unyielding; not giving an inch
particularly; only; in the case of
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
wording (esp. of written text); classical Chinese literary style; traditional written Chinese
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
writer; painter; drawer; skilful writer; skilful painter
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
to make sense; to be meaningful
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on
to overflow from something full
to tear up and throw away
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
bed; bedding; sickbed; alcove; riverbed; seedbed; straw "core" of a tatami mat
bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
in passing another (esp. colliding with oncoming traffic, bumping into a person); the moment two persons or objects meet