(senior player's) king; Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)
straw doll; straw figure; straw effigy
famous; noted; eminent; prominent; distinguished; celebrated
pure; genuine; trueborn; natural-born
to join forces; to cooperate
to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
one's house; one's home; one's family
(having) two choices; choice between two things
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
opposite side; other side; other party
special ward; special economic zone (China); special administrative region of China (e.g. Hong Kong)
leased territory; foreign concession
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to look after; to take care (of); to favor; to gaze at; to stare at; to set one's eyes on
to persuade; to urge; to coax; to make advances (to); to seduce; to court
developing (e.g. industry, town, economy)
training (esp. in-service); induction course
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
great benefactor; person to whom one is greatly indebted
low-priced; cheap; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; (arch.) entertaining someone as one's guest
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
means; expedient; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
(find) common (meeting) ground
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
completely ordinary; plain; commonplace; everyday
of good character; kindhearted; good-natured
exaggerated; bombastic; highly colored; highly coloured