to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
doctor's office; medical office; sickbay
visitor's gallery; seats for the public
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
long time; long interval; for quite some time
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
including; inclusive of; komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)
legitimate self-defence; legitimate self-defense
turning over; flipping over; reply; response; marks written alongside characters in a classical Chinese text to indicate their ordering when read in Japanese; lapel
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
blade; sword; forged blade; wavy pattern on forged blades; sharpness; unhulled rice
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to trample; to crush underfoot
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
light; right; right field; right fielder
one-by-one; separately; in detail
squirrel (any mammal of family Sciuridae); Japanese squirrel (Sciurus lis)
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
a step; short distance; short time
one mind; wholeheartedness; one's whole heart
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
shameless; infamous; disgraceful
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se
deception; make-believe; fake; counterfeit; phony
horizontally; flat; across; crossways; crosswise
to be related; to be connected; to be joined together; to result in; to lead to; to bring about
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away
to contact; to get in touch with; to check in (with)
to cut out; to clip from; to extract
to smoke animal out of its den
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to remake; to remold; to remould; to convert; to reconstruct; to adapt
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as...; expresses a command