open (attitude, etc.); openhearted; frank; open (space); spacious
letter; note; letter (alphabetic); character
one's face turning pale (ashen); the color being drained from one's face
alteration; falsification; faking
way (of doing); manner; method
to lean over (and cover with one's body); to bend over (someone); to (stand tall and) lean on (someone); to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
doting (on one's children); (overly) fond; indulgent; adoring parent; doting parent
cordial welcome; hearty welcome; kind treatment; hospitality
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
assistance; backing; reinforcements
house where one was born; one's parents' house
conditions of a location; suitability of a location; convenience of a location
politician (esp. one who works only for their own personal gain); politico
military force; military strength
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
to rebuild; to reconstruct
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping; tenuki; playing elsewhere on the board instead of responding locally
ground leveling; ground levelling; groundwork; laying foundations
conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
embankment; bank; beef sinew stewed in miso and mirin
base; basis; bedrock; platform
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
template; run of the mill; formulaic
communications expenses; postage; phone bill; Internet bill
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
discharge of water (from a river, dam, etc.); drainage; spraying water (on); hosing
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
to go downhill; to go down a slope
to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to face (trouble, difficulties, etc.); to confront
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
to feel giddy; to totter; to be unfixed (emotions, beliefs, etc.); to waver; to wander aimlessly; to loiter
to get damaged; to get chipped; to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt (reputation)