standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)
charge; rush; dash; assault; attack
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
leader; leaders; dotted line; reader (textbook); reader (i.e. a person who reads); microreader
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
same time; simultaneous; concurrent; synchronous
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
advance; moving forward; progress
positioning side-by-side; parallel arrangement; going along with something; following the crowd; treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner
battle formation; military formation
one's habitual practice; usual measure; old trick
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher
getting closer; drawing nearer; being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.); becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance
right; right-hand side; right hand; the above (in a piece of vertical writing); above-mentioned; the right (wing)
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
intercept; interception; counter-attack
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
tight turn; adaptability; flexibility; maneuverability
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
several times (as large, over)
steel; sword steel; sword
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
right behind; just behind; directly behind
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
board-shaped; plank-shaped; sheet-shaped
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater)