leather strap binding the plates of traditional Japanese armor (armour)
important person; strategic person; key figure
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
public relations; client liaison; client relations
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application
child; boy; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
ban on entering (a building, venue, etc.)
full up; to have had enough of something (both good and bad nuance)
getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings; chest full of; lungs full of
(verbal) abuse; denunciation; disparagement; vilification; scathing criticism
hail (e.g. of bullets); barrage; storm; rain and hail
to swell (from inflammation); to become swollen
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
final; eventual; ultimate
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
sound; noise; note; fame; Chinese-derived character reading
grudge; complaint; reproach
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
all manner of (verbal) abuse; all kinds of names; abusive language; torrent of abuse; stream of insults
to be self-complacent; to be conceited; to flatter oneself; to be full of oneself
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
how others look at you; what others think about you
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
bystander's vantage point; outsider's better grasp of the situation; onlookers see more of the game than the players do; (lit.) people watching a game of go see 8 moves further ahead
unanticipated; unexpected
(someone else's) child; child; kid
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess