conviction based on flawed ideas; obstructive thought
perception; sensing; noticing
to have as a side order (with drinks); to make fun of someone; to laugh at someone's expense
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
the ways of the world; human nature
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
suspicious-looking; fishy
adds emphasis to the following verb or indicates that the action is done forcefully or violently
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
with a click (e.g. camera shutter); with a snap
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
complicated and mysterious
measure; square (e.g. of graph paper or Japanese manuscript paper); box (e.g. on a form)
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
copper (Cu); bronze (medal)
iron and stone; iron will
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis); qilin (Chinese unicorn)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
cattle (Bos taurus); cow; beef; Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
colourful; colorful; multicoloured; various; varied; variegated
no wonder; little wonder; after all; as expected; which isn't surprising
dai shogi (large 15x15 board shogi variant)
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
antiquity; ancient times; bygone days; former times
play; playing; game; play and dance (at a kindergarten or elementary school)
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
barn (for storage); shed; outbuilding
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
tediously; persistently; lazily; idly; (boiling) to a pulp; to a mash
surface of a board (shogi, go, etc.); (state of) the board; development of a game; surface of a record
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)