to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to erase; to drown out (e.g. a voice); to make disappear
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
to stare at each other; to lock eyes with
feeling of tension; air of tension; tension; nervousness
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to spread; to be propagated
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
defect; demerit; weak point; disadvantage
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
prone (to); liable (to); apt (to); tending (to)
inside the breast of one's clothing (esp. kimono); bosom; space between one's chest and outstretched arms; (one's) reach; heart (e.g. of a mountain); bosom (e.g. of nature)
on the occasion of; at the time of
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
rīchi; declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed; being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)
not necessarily so; is not always true
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
area; domain; territory; field; range; region
by choice; of one's own free will; on one's own initiative; off one's own bat
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
passing through without stopping; passing by
to let an opportunity slip
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition