ingenuity; resourcefulness
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
cake or snack served with tea
Japanese-style confectionary store
great fortune; good luck; rice cake stuffed with bean jam
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
healthy; sound; wholesome
without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat
firm; unshakeable; resolute
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
encounter; being confronted with (e.g. difficulty); meeting with (e.g. accident)
array; muster; line-up; full force
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
lack of expression; blank look (on one's face)
to bite into; to sink one's teeth into
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
to act up (machine); to go out of tune (instrument); to not work right; to be knocked off stride; to lose one's bearings; to lose one's presence of mind
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
point worthy of note; highlight; high point; good prospects for the future; promise
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
to threaten; to intimidate; to be threatening
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
in that way; like that; that way
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
rating; classification; allocation; grading
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
to become keen on; to get passionate about
to die; to lay down life's burden
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin