passionate; fervent; affecting; moving; touching
to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you
great laughter; burst of laughter
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
to rain (drops on the large side); to go to pieces; to be taken apart
to surface; to rise to the surface
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over
desperation; struggle to the death
(senior player's) king; Ōshō (one of the eight major titles in professional shogi)
move; (skilled) shogi player
exaltation; elevation; enhancement; promotion; raising
successively; one after another; sequentially; one by one
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan; to be declared the winner
I regret to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
hindrance; obstacle; harm (to one's health); bad effect; menstruation; period
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
uprising (esp. in Japan since middle ages, e.g. peasant uprising); revolt; insurrection; putsch; riot
feeling uneasy; very worried; very anxious; on tenterhooks; on pins and needles
mind-set change; changing one's way of thinking; attitude reform
hastily constructed; hastily built; made in a hurry; jerry-built; makeshift
signs of defeat; adverse situation
foolish thought; (one's own) thought; (one's own) idea
fixed value; constant value
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
battle of words; debate; argument; dispute
to follow loyally; to wait on someone hand and foot; to be at someone's beck and call
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
harm; injury; evil (influence)
in all ages; over the ages; forever and ever
seniority by length of service
final stage; final stretch; live printing area (in publishing); gallery (in a theatre); driving (animals, fish, etc.); herding
since some time ago; for quite a while; already
charcoal; charred remains
iron (for pressing clothes); hair iron; hair tong; curling tong
to domineer; to throw one's weight around; to lord it (over)
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
fruit knife; paring knife
roughly; approximately; (cutting) in one stroke; (breaking apart) with vigour; (cutting) deeply; (splitting) wide open
engawa; external corridor on the outer side of traditional Japanese houses; bone at the base of a fin (esp. of a flatfish); meat at the base of a fin
tabla (Indian hand drums)
to lean against; to set against