retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
trouble; bother; number of moves (in go, shogi, etc.); number of punches (in boxing)
lightly; nimbly; with agility; casually; readily; regularly
impudent; shameless; brazen
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
question; inquiry; enquiry
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
engagement; business; affair; use; need
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
of course; certainly; naturally
second day of the month; two days
foreign; abroad; overseas
to dispose of; to sell off
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
castle town; city in Japan that developed around the castle of a feudal lord
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to be all out (e.g. of people); to be all elsewhere; to be all in use (e.g. of cars); to be sold out; to have none left
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to state; to express; to mention
avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix
delightful; joyous; joyful; happy; desirable; welcome
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to hit; to strike; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress
unpreparedness; falsehood; Chinese "Emptiness" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)