(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
complicated and mysterious
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
iron and stone; iron will
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
variegated; varicoloured; varicolored; multi-coloured; multi-colored; diverse
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE)
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
surface of a board or record
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
manners; behavior; behaviour
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to ask; to enquire; to inquire; to search; to look for; to look into
resignation; giving up the game for lost
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
at first; in the beginning; originally
every person; every mouth; every entrance
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible