one's regular inn; one's usual hotel
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
old clothes; secondhand clothing
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
kotatsu; table over an electric heater, with a hanging quilt to retain heat (orig. over a charcoal brazier in a floor well)
padding with cotton; garment padded with cotton; wadded clothes
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
gently sloping; gentle; gradual; smooth (process); gentle (e.g. tone of voice); slow (e.g. growth)
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
the whole day; all the day
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
number of times; frequency; count
every year; yearly; annually
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
something thrown in (with a purchase); something extra; (giving a) discount; price reduction; addition; embellishment (e.g. to a story)
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
management; administration; operation
to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
root; origin; source; cause; basis; foundation
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
digging deeply (below the surface); mining deep; probing deeply (issue, problem); investigating thoroughly; deepening relations
arbitrarily; of its own accord; without asking; voluntarily; willfully; as one pleases
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)
element; chemical element; (classical) element (e.g. earth, water, air, fire); (arch.) origin; (arch.) source
mediation; agency; carrying (germs, diseases, etc.); transmission; mediation (in Hegelianism)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)