Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
man (esp. one who is well-respected); samurai; person (in a certain profession, esp. licensed); member
palace; tonic (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); ancient Chinese punishment (castration for men, or confinement for women); zodiacal sign
appearance; look; a 'seeming' that fortune-tellers relate to one's fortune; aspect; phase (e.g. solid, liquid and gaseous)
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
what's what; heads or tails
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
shop; small store; business; firm
grandfather (may be used after name as honorific); male senior-citizen (may be used after name as honorific)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
having an aptitude (for); having a talent (for)
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
to be attentive to small details; to be attentive to others (or others' concerns); to have one's mind turn groundlessly to something negative
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
anyone; anybody; everyone; whoever
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
to let go by; to let pass; to overlook; to miss
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
being too late; losing one's final chance
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
river; stream; River; the ... river
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
extraordinarily; astonishingly; extremely; terribly; unreasonably; absurdly
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life