chōnin (Edo-period social class of town-dwelling commoners, esp. landowning merchants); townspeople; townsfolk; tradespeople
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
household economy; family finances
principal (e.g. in a loan)
moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative; sente; move that forces a response from the opponent, allowing the player to retain the initiative
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
wrong impression; subjective impression; assumption; prejudice
public (attention, recognition, etc.); social (standing, acceptance, etc.); worldly (fame, desires, etc.)
human; human-like; as a person
quarrel; dispute; argument
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
first move (in shogi, go, etc.); beginning; start
on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
victim (esp. someone killed); casualty
boy; son; baby boy; young man
at any moment (now); at any minute; on the verge of (doing); just about to
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
stirring; slight movement
locking swords and pushing against each other; close contest; neck-and-neck game; fierce competition
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to push back; to press back; to force back; to (refuse and) return (something); to give back
to crack; to be cracked; to develop a crack
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to be sluggish; to make little progress; to show little growth; to fail to improve; to level off; to not grow as much as expected
leaving to chance; leaving to fate
to warn against; to caution against; to admonish; to scold; to prohibit; to forbid; (arch.) to be cautious
climax; peak; critical moment; most important stage; turning point
with one's own body; by one's own action; by one's own experience; barely (e.g. escape); narrowly
to trip someone up; to pull the carpet from under
relief squad; rescue party
to make (someone) realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home (to someone); to teach (someone) a lesson
fierce animal; beast of prey; big game
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
one round; one circuit; one revolution; one lap; one turn
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
(something) so small; so little; trifling
to trip (over); to stumble; to fail; to suffer a setback
to die (in action, in one's youth)
counter for laps or circuits; perimeter; Zhou dynasty (of China; approx. 1046-256 BCE); Chou dynasty