surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game; surface of a record
piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)
hidden treasure; treasured article
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
questionable; doubtful; suspicious
mystery; mysteriousness; secret
working one's way up; self-made person; veteran
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
different (quality, nature); heterogeneous
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire
careful consideration; deliberation; thinking over carefully
head (of a line, group, etc.); front; lead; forefront; vanguard
to attack; to go for; to come at; to pounce on; to jump on; to swoop down on
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
very great; enormous; serious
power; authority; influence
to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to be promoted
to encamp; to take up a position
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
deceased; late; dead; departed
to mince; to cut fine; to carve; to engrave; to tick away (time); to beat out (e.g. rhythm); to etch (into one's mind)
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
and so; therefore; for that reason
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
May; fifth month of the lunar calendar
8th day of the month; eight days