to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
OK; okay; fine (without); not needed; unnecessary
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
daytime; during the day; Japan and China; Japanese-Chinese; Sino-Japanese
people; men and women; each person; everybody
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to amuse oneself; to make merry
another world (esp. in fiction); otherworld; parallel universe; different-dimension world; isekai
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
iron plate; steel plate; sure thing; certain winner
(giving) birth; childbirth; native (of); product of; produced in; assets
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
science and technology; technology; scientific techniques
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around (sexually; esp. of a male homosexual); having an active sex life
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
seasoning; flavoring; flavouring; condiment
Middle Ages (in Japan esp. the Kamakura and Muromachi periods); medieval times; mediaeval times
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
(suffering a) decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
black stone; black (go pieces)
surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game; surface of a record
one more time; once more; once again
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); seeker; Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
potential; latent faculties; potential capacities
temporary; transitory; short-lived
optimization; optimisation
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress