region; limits; stage; level
to reach; to get to; to arrive at
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
pawn (chess piece); boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); flipping through the air; tossing
exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to be prolonged; to drag on
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to point; to nominate; to select someone; to identify; to indicate; to play (a game of shogi)
long; drawn-out; very long
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
bishop (chess piece); bishop
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
superiority; superior power; predominance; preponderance
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
one cause; one reason; one factor
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious; (lit.) of an unknown nature
not yet known; unknown; strange
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
to become animated; to liven up; to become active
opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; one's enemy
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous