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
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
right under; directly below; right beneath
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 (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game; surface of a record
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
black; black 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
aspect; appearance; physiognomy (as an indication of 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; following by example
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 a document); blank; void; whitespace
training; drilling; strengthening
carefree; buoyant; lighthearted; ease
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
thought; report on one's investigation into ...; deceased father
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
intuition; instinct; hunch
snapping back (at someone) despite being in the wrong; getting mad back
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable