thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
one game (of go, shogi, etc.); one board (go, shogi, etc.); one office (of a broadcasting station, post office, etc.)
at a moment's notice; readily
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
on rare occasions; once in a blue moon
moat; fosse; trench; underground air-raid shelter; dugout
preface; introduction; preamble
camp stool; folding stool
such; this sort of; like this
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to twist; to wrench; to puzzle over; to defeat easily
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
manjū; steamed yeast bun with filling
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
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
risky; dangerous; suggestive; bordering on the obscene; (arch.) extreme; (arch.) harsh
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
military forces; hosts; troops
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
even; for starters; so; therefore; judging from; based on
fortune-telling; divination
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
development; growth; development (of a situation, story, etc.); advancement; playing around; having an active sex life
since then; from that time; ever since
king (of the senior player)
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)