ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
conspiracy; collusion; complicity
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
reversal; return; return gift; return favour (favor); barb (on a fishing hook); mixture of soy sauce, sugar and mirin
strategic arrangement of go stones; opening moves; preparation; preparatory steps; groundwork
dominion; territory; possession
in order to do; for the purpose of doing
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to summon; to get used to call
kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre
honor; honour; credit; prestige
gunpowder magazine; magazine; explosives warehouse; (fig.) powder keg
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
to deprecate oneself and praise the listener; to abase oneself
to attempt; to test; to try out
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
in turns; alternately; in order
not necessarily so; is not always true
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
close (relationship, connection, etc.); intimate; near; close (together)
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to form; to shape; to make; to mold; to mould; to build up
datum point; cardinal point; reference point; origin
to cast; to mint; to coin
survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
-less; lacking; non-existing
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
gradually; slowly but steadily