public square; square; plaza; open space; clearing
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
advance; moving forward; progress
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
isolation; being alone; being friendless
moron; idiot; stupid person
whatever the case; under any circumstances
middle-distance (races); intermediate-range (missile)
intermittently; at intervals (of); after a pause
match; game; bout; contest
meeting up; gathering; assembly; set
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
to open one's heart; to throw off reserve; to be frank
fixed; settled; constant; definite; uniform; regularized
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that
how should I put it?; what shall I say?; well, you know; like
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
and then; and so; and; so then
extreme masochist; very masochistic
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; interrupt
hooting; jeering; heckling
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
divine wind (esp. a typhoon thought to have protected Japan from a Mongolian invasion in the 13th century); kamikaze
attack; assault; attempt; try
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
heaven's punishment; divine punishment; well-deserved punishment; just punishment
(story of the) Forty-seven Rōnin; the Treasury of Loyal Retainers; Chūshingura
to be amused; to find something interesting
to go past (a place or thing); to go beyond
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die