(suffering a) decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)
university entrance examination
rising; exacerbated; exasperated; accelerated; aggravated
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
matching; checking; comparison (of data)
ronin; masterless samurai; high school graduate waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination; person out of work; jobless person; (arch.) wanderer
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
freedom; free; open; unrestricted
long-awaited; long-waited-for; someone who has waited a long time; something that one has waited impatiently for
to enter; to go in; to set (of the sun or moon); to sink; to attain (nirvana, enlightenment, etc.); to achieve
blur; (color) bleed; bleeding; running (e.g. of paint)
breathing; respiration; knack; trick; harmony; balance
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
narrative part (of a text); descriptive writing (excluding direct speech and quotations)
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
I couldn't care less; not caring less
clear solution; clean decision
to fan; to incite; to instigate
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding; approval; consent
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser
step-up; advance; progress; increase
to agree on; to agree about
sliding; slipping; slide; "slide" under the opponents stones by playing a move (usually keima or ogeima) on the second line
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
hegemony; leadership; initiative
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
release; liberation; acquittal
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
to advance (as of a baseball game); to repeat
to be on the right track; to be doing well; to be looking good; to be coming along nicely
right to choose; a say; option