change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every
substitution; replacement; shifting; change
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to be performed (on the stage); to be in the limelight
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
splendid; magnificent; gorgeous
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
sharp increase; sudden rise
several years; a few years
time; season; period; phase; stage
successively; one after another
one's turn (esp. in go, shogi, etc.)
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); lying down; side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside
samurai receiving this much rice as a fee; offering of rice cake containing this much rice; person receiving this amount of money as a salary
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
revolutionary (e.g. technology)
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
static rook opening; strategy of leaving the rook in its initial position
main force; chief object; mainline
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
in succession; one by one
absorption; suction; attraction