to be absorbed in reading
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
tray; family; household; O-Bon; Bon Festival; gambler's den
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to close one's eyes partly; to squint; to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at
watching a (sports) game; spectating; observing (military operations)
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
grand; magnificent; majestic; great; sublime
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to destroy; to crush; to break by striking; to spoil; to ruin
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
wintertime; winter season
draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window; cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
whole; entirety; whatever (is the matter)
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
mask; disguise; guise; mask
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
mechanism; machinery; trick; dodge; mechanical doll; string puppet
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
again (and again); once again; yet again; (there you go) again
which way; which direction; which one (esp. of two alternatives); who
black stone; black (go pieces)
(with a) click (e.g. camera shutter); (with a) snap
white stone; white (go pieces)
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
schedule; program; programme; agenda
dark; gloomy; somber; depressing
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to spur on; to urge forward; to impel; to drive at high speed (e.g. a car)
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
pain; anguish; suffering; duhkha (suffering)