to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
first time; first innings; initial attempt; first; initial
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
user guide; how to operate; operation procedures
troublesome; annoying; complicated
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
getting back to the subject at hand, ...; (but) to return to the main topic, ...; so much for digressions, ...
to learn by heart (rote); to memorize; to memorise
to drive in (a nail, stake, etc.); to hammer in; to hit (a ball, etc.); to drive; to fire into; to shoot into; to input (data)
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
quarreling; wrangling; argument; fuss
party (social gathering); party (group of people participating in an activity, esp. mountain climbing); (political) party
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
begging; pestering; pleading; coaxing
infatuation; adoration; blind love; doting (on a child)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
clothes for a newborn baby; baby clothes
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
being obtrusive; being conspicuous (in a bad way)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
telephone directory; telephone book; phone book
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
enshrinement (of a deity); residing (in a shrine or sacred place); sitting prominently (in a place); being plunked down; being planted (in a spot)
protection; safeguard; shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
good (place to leave off); convenient
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
vocabulary notebook; ring of vocabulary flash cards