surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
companion; company; tritagonist; second supporting character
strong-willed; strong of heart
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear); fearfully; anxiously
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
weather; fair weather; fine weather
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
to (finally) arrive at; to reach (at last); to (manage to) get to; to find one's way to
six; six years of age; six o'clock (old time system)
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
that is (to say); namely; precisely; exactly; if one does ..., then; in that case
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
then; well; so; well then
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
somersault; returning from a destination right after arriving there; non-stop round trip; abrupt change of direction
my goodness!; good lord!; holy cow!
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
separate; respective; different
together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
passing (an exam); pass; success; meeting (specifications, standards, etc.); passing (inspection); qualification
admission (to a school or university); entrance; enrolment; enrollment; matriculation
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
how; in what way; by what means
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
for this very reason; that is exactly why
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
there; over there; genitals; private parts; that far; that much
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate