personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
to approach; to draw near
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to understand; to comprehend
to understand; to appreciate; to interpret
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
to knock at the gate; to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
divide into four pieces; one fourth
Yangtze River; Changjiang River
leader; authority; mainstay
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
massing (of troops); gathering
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
different sect; different party; different school
numerator; molecule; member; element
spirit; heart; disposition
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to mishear; to fail to catch; to miss (the chance to hear)
weight (e.g. paperweight); pressing down; keeping control; exercising authority; having self-control; exercising self-discipline
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
preservation; retainment; keeping
caution; admonition; prohibition; ban; punishment; (arch.) caution
arrival; coming (e.g. something awaited); advent
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
... all over again (repeating the same failure)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to not take seriously; to take lightly
(behaving with) patience and prudence; putting up with something
contest; comparison; competition
anything; whatever; whatever one likes
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
bundle; control; management
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
women's bridal robe with trailing skirts worn over a kimono; ending play for the day; leaving a game unfinished (esp. Go)
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person