entering the barracks; enlistment
this, that and the other; this and that
being empty-handed; being penniless; having no capital (for starting a business)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
indecisive; irresolute; shilly-shally; vacillating
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
selfishness; egotism; egoism; egocentricity
embarrassed; feeling ashamed; feeling awkward
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
to insult; to say something insulting about; to bad-mouth
to take command; to give direction
adoration; admiration; devotion
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
kaya (Torreya nucifera); Japanese nutmeg tree
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
right under; directly below
it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London
proverb; saying; aphorism; maxim
great many; ever so many; any number; as few or as many (as you like); whether large or small
surface of a board or record
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
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
what's what; heads or tails
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
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
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void