intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to save face; to keep face; to not lose face
easy-to-beat game; (something) easy to do; trivial thing
student in a lower grade; underclassman
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
important point; point to check; point not to miss; checkpoint
deployment; spreading out; dispersal
extensive; vast range; wide scope
secret; clandestine; covert; spy (for a daimyo, shogun, etc.); secret agent
adding points; addition of marks and symbols to a classical Chinese text to aid reading in Japanese
attendance; accompanying; following; adjoint
hostile nature; inimical character
as a rule; in general; in principle; basically; essentially; fundamentally
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
subtracting points; points deducted
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
to span; to bridge; to cross; to straddle
upper reaches of a river; upstream
shoal; shallows; sand bar; ford
seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion
loss; feeling of loss; Los Angeles
favourite horse; favorite horse
one by one; one after another; successively
to jump out; to rush out; to appear (suddenly); to protrude; to project; to butt in
sophism; chop logic; far-fetched argument; quibble; cavil; argument for argument's sake
smoothly; easily; readily
sunlight filtering through trees
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
waist; girth; measurement around waist
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
wide turn; detour; the long way around
nick in a blade (sword, knife); chip in a blade