important; momentous; essential; principal; major
folding; bending; wrapping; packing; folding (in poker)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
questioner; interrogator; interpellator
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
loser; defeated person; the defeated
hitting the target; striking home; proving to be right; coming true; being on the mark
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
imperfect; incomplete; faulty; defective
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
intended for ...; oriented towards ...; aimed at ...
what is called; as it is called; the so-called; so to speak
placement; fixed position; mapping out; location
disk; disc; tray; shallow bowl; grid; board (e.g. in shogi)
war; battle; match; game; competition
threat; intimidation; menace
face card; court card; picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)
to do; to undertake; to send; to dispatch; to put; to move; to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status)
to misread; to read wrongly; to misinterpret
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
smallish; on the small side
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
reading; reading (of a kanji, esp. kun reading); reading (e.g. of a situation); insight
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
response (felt in the hands); resistance; reaction; response; effect
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
how long; how far; how much
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation