omitting (reluctantly); leaving out; dropping; giving up (reluctantly); parting with; sharing
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
separate case; another matter
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
still (continuing); as ever; further
to hang on to; to hang from; to hound; to keep after (someone); to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
disregarding; taking no account of; ignoring; overlooking
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
shabby; mean; sorry; dingy
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
counter for people (usu. seating, reservations and such); first name; famous; great; name; noun
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
writing; composition; essay; sentence
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to see through; to see the true nature of something
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
discrimination; discernment; identification
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to feel compassion towards; to be swayed by emotion; to be moved by
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes
arguing back and forth; bandying words; verbal tug-of-war
one's last resort; trump card; treasured family sword
technique; art; skill; move