to be hesitant; to feel timid
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
celebrated personage; big-wig; person in a high position
to ask; to inquire; to implore (a god for an oracle); to seek direction (from your superior); to visit; to speak to (a large crowd at a theatre, etc.)
the touch of; feel of; texture
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
opposite side; other side; other party
space (room, area, outer space)
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
receiving; reception; eating; drinking; please; please do for me
grave; solemn; serious; harsh (e.g. truth); hard; strict
way of asking; way of listening; listener
when one was a very young child; very early in one's life
first generation; founder
counter for books; volume
recitation; reciting from memory
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
to entrust (a matter) to; to leave to; to abandon oneself to (e.g. pleasure); to yield to (e.g. anger); to devote oneself to
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
journey; route of a journey
riding (on horseback); mounting (a horse)
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
number of times; frequency; count
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less