place; location; room; space; sumo tournament
to choose; to select; to pick (out)
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
moment; instant; just then; right at that moment; for a moment; for an instant
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to cut corners; to be shoddy; to slack off; to play a tenuki; to tenuki
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be helpful; to be useful
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to learn; to study; to take lessons in
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
chance; opportunity; occasion
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
rational; reasonable; logical
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
match; game; bout; contest
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
technique; art; skill; move
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
from; since; through (e.g. a window, door); via; because; as; from (as in "made from")
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
to advance (spatially); to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to move ahead (e.g. of work); to intensify
of course; certainly; naturally
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
practical use; application; making good use of; conjugation; inflection
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)