claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
front; frontage; facade; main
fair and square; open and aboveboard
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
remains; traces; (the sorrow of) parting; end
to invite in; to show someone in
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
to stop walking; to pause
direct unforked road; straight path
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
upper half of the body; upper body
sleeveless (garment); sleeveless haori
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
tassets (on a suit of armor, armour); vegetable dye
sweet (e.g. young girls, flowers blooming); touchingly lovely; cute; pitiful; pitiable
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to fall incessantly (rain, snow, etc.); to downpour
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
to break; to be broken; to be folded; to give in; to back down; to turn (a corner)
complex; complicated; intricate; mixed (feelings)
feather; plume; wing; shuttlecock (in badminton)