rough sketch; floor plan; blueprint
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
martial arts; military arts; Bushido
to plan; to intend; to aspire to; to set aims (sights on)
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
good thing; strong point; good family; prestigious school; the right moment; utter
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades); junior high school
intimacy; friendship; familiarity
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
knitting; knitted material; crochet
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
sense of distance (physical or emotional); feeling of distance
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to miss (capturing); to fail to catch; to let slip
involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles
method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
playability; game-like quality
father; dad; husband; you; he
local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to make (someone) listen; to make (someone) understand; to grip (someone) with skilful singing, storytelling, etc.; to hold (someone) enchanted by
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)