starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
such; this sort of; like this
eight-sided shape; octagon
mark; sign; symbol; emblem; badge; crest
to let (someone) play; to keep (someone) amused; to leave idle; to not make use of; to do; to do
eight trigrams; divination signs; divination; fortune-telling
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
unusual space; other dimension
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
to talk; to chat; to chatter
action of making something; -ification
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
sword (esp. a large, double-edged one); blade; bayonet; swordsmanship; stinger; ovipositor
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
to make an appearance; to show up
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
iai; art of drawing one's sword, cutting down one's opponent and sheathing the sword afterwards; iai sword-drawing performance (used during the Edo period to sell medicine and other wares)
suicide bombing (e.g. crashing one's plane into a target); self-destruction; blowing oneself up
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
taking the field first, thus batting second
rock! paper! scissors!; paper! scissors! rock!; one! two! three!; rock-paper-scissors (game); janken
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
huff!; yo-heave-ho!; heigh-ho; to butter up; to suck up to
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to go back to the start; to reset; to restore; to return to the point (of a discussion); to return something (that has been moved) to previous place; to reconstitute