resignation; giving up the game for lost
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
painful; heartrending; trying; oppressive; suffocating; miserable
loser; defeated person; the defeated
three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito); big three; top three
the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana); the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)
rating; classification; allocation; grading
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
additional; extraordinary; outside the norms; special case
general; overall; across-the-board
crime of conscience; premeditated crime; act carried out while knowing that it should not be
to get mad; to be highly offended; to get pissed off; to get angry; to lose one's cool
ill will; malice; evil intent
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
with one's own body; by one's own action; through one's own experience; firsthand
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
thread (on an Internet forum, mailing list, etc.); topic; conversation; post
retiring from military service
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to install (a king, emperor, etc.); to appoint (to a post); to promote; to assign (to study under)
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
restlessly; nervously; uneasily; in a fidget
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
detailed; full; minute; knowing very well; knowledgeable (about); well-acquainted (with)
study; diligence; discount; reduction
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
great talents mature late
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
being roused; being stimulated; being inspired; being spurred on
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)