master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
sight; attraction; spectacle; something worth seeing
to comfort; to console; to amuse
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
sharp; harsh; stinging; thorny; snappy
with a start; in surprise; suddenly (realize, remember, etc.); all of a sudden; puffing (air); with a puff
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
near; close; beside; third person
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
sales; selling; marketing
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
source of worry; source of distress
the future; future prospects
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to pour into; to wash down; to insert (e.g. into a data stream)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to rise (of a building, mountain, etc.); to tower; to soar
foreign country; other country; another province; strange land; alien land
culture; civilization; civilisation; Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22)
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
strict (e.g. security); heavy (e.g. guard); showy; pretentious; impressive; imposing
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
as; because; with; due to
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
at once; there and then; immediately
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
to become better; to improve
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision