brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to turn against; to become an enemy
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
sooner or later; in time; eventually
to dry up; to parch; to ebb away
expansion; extension; magnification; enlargement; escalation; spread
remaining an idle spectator; looking on unconcernedly (doing nothing)
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
looking on; standing by and watching; sitting back and watching; remaining a spectator
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
common front; united front
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
facing downward; lying face down; upside down; prone
will not do; do not; does not
recovery; regaining; getting back; retrieval; restoration; revival
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
so to speak; so to call it; as it were; in a sense
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.); poor decision; bad move
(arch.) wild boar; infant wild boar; pig
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (jōseki); standard sequence of moves (esp. in a corner)
change; transformation; reform; revolution; revolutionizing; innovation
clockwise rotation; CW; right-handed rotation
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
absurd; unreasonable; rash; reckless; excessive; immoderate
that kind of; that sort of; that; like that; in that way; so
hitting a ball (with a bat, golf club, etc.); batting; stroke
indicates a confident conclusion; indicates emotional emphasis; indicates question
pillar; post; support; prop; counter for buddhas, gods, nobles, etc.
intention; plan; purpose; belief; assumption; thought
knowing only too well; being fully aware of
reverse; inversion; upside down; unreasonable; absurd; wrong
suitable; appropriate; befitting; conjoining; association; samprayukta
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction