drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
(senior player's) king; Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
sticking to (an opinion, theory, belief, etc.); clinging to; adherence; persistence; insistence
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
rogue; thug; hoodlum; punk; racketeer
impudent; shameless; brazen; cheeky; presumptuous
grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
to cause to swell; to inflame
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
village headman; village mayor
young person; young people; youth; young employee; young manservant; young follower
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
to join forces; to cooperate
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
vermilion (colour); cinnabar
to colour; to color; to apply make-up; to decorate; to garnish
to hang (something) on (something); to throw on (clothes); to hook; to catch; to cheat; to evade payment; to drink (alcohol)
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front; wrong way round
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to put one's heart (into); to apply oneself (to); to devote oneself (to); to take an interest (in)
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
to warm oneself; to sun oneself; to warm up; to get warm
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
pull-up (exercise); chin-up; chinning; suspension; dangling; hanging
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
influence; clout; leverage
to consider; to eye the possibility (of); to bring into view
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
hack; untrained; incompetent; useless; quack (doctor)
for some (unspecified) reason
to open the lid; to lift a lid; to open the lid (on); to make public; to start (something); to look at the results (consequences, outcome, effect)