ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
to face on; to look out on to
interest (in something); enthusiasm
guardian; protector; patron; parent
limbless wooden doll; kokeshi doll
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
practice; practising; exercise; training
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
large intestine; large bowel; colon
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
partial; incomplete; imperfect
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
to have no chance (of succeeding)
care; kea (Nestor notabilis)
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
grace (of God); benevolence (of Buddha); assistance; help; effects; influence
fool; someone beneath one's contempt
sympathy; consideration; (arch.) service; (arch.) labor; (arch.) illness; (arch.) disease
to feel right; to sit well with one; to be happy about; to suit to a T; to fit well together
to rule; to govern; to administer
destruction; annihilation; extermination
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
other self; alter ego; part of oneself (in someone or something else); incarnations of Buddha
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way