preliminary test or trial; tryout
favourite horse; favorite horse
mild (climate); temperate; gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild
often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to
quite; utterly; (not) at all; completely; wholly; entirely
weak point; unskillfulness
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
jack of all trades, master of none
intensive; concentrated; focused
ornamental garden stone (seemingly placed randomly to give the garden a more natural appearance); garden rock; sacrificed stone (in go); sacrifice (e.g. career, reputation); stones used in a foundation; riprap
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
clearing out people (from room, etc.); ordering people to leave
fellow men; between men; among men; man-to-man
plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking
ghastliness; dreadfulness; grimness; intimidation; menace; threat
commonplace; ordinary; typical; ubiquitous; run-of-the-mill; mundane
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
recognition; acquaintance
gō; traditional unit of volume, approx. 0.1804 litres; gō; traditional unit of area, approx 0.33 metres square; one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain; conjunction; sum
180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters; 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters; one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top)
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
to swing late (at a ball)
oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
to strike someone a blow; to bring down (a stick on someone's head)
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
chasing too far; pursuing relentlessly
district; section; sector
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to bawl; to cry; to scream
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
threatening attitude; menacing look; angry look
intelligence agency; secret service
dainty; delicate; slender; fragile (e.g. furniture); delicate; frail
to step forward; to take a step forward
to resonate emotionally (with one); to strike home (words, etc.); (lit.) to stab in the chest