understood; I see; OK; present; here
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
reading too much into (what ... says)
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
even so; anyhow; at any rate
support; backing; patronage
throwaway; disposable; single-use
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
the place for; the time for; the level of
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
consolation party (held after failure or defeat)
reconciliation; make peace with
conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
firm; determined; resolute; conclusive
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
shiruko; sweet red-bean soup with mochi
traditional; conventional
middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books)
being seen here and there; appearing in various places
low (level, value, price, etc.)
sudden rise; steep climb; zoom; trending
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
clasp; latch; catch; fastener
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha