one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
(balance) scales; shoulder carrying pole; steelyard
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
Zhou dynasty (China, approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty; perimeter; counter for laps or circuits
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
reproachful; hateful; bitter
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
another thing; other things; another man's property
big; large; drastic; full-width cloth (approx. 72 cm wide for traditional Japanese clothing; approx. 140 cm wide for Western clothing)
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
being one or more laps behind (in a race); being behind the times
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
unflaggingly; steadily; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to investigate thoroughly; to master
to be bothered (by something); to suffer
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; intentional negligence; tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)
personal record; personal best
one's normal condition; one's usual state; keynote (esp. shamisen); proper key
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so
to look out over; to survey (scene); to take an extensive view of