handling (e.g. knife, reins); control; dealing with (e.g. customers); management; sabaki; properly treating one's weak stones under attack
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
phantasmagoric; protean; shape-shifting; kaleidoscopic; capable of ever-changing appearance
innumerable changes; infinite variety
wondrous; marvellous; uncanny; like a charm
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
to wind (of a road, river, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
size; dimension; large and small (sizes); various sizes; daishō (matched pair of long and short swords); large and small drums; long months and short months
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
orphan; person without friends
to become stormy; to become rough (of the sea); to fall into ruin; to become neglected; to become rough (of skin); to get chapped
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
twenty years of age; youth; early age; tender age of ...
private funds; own funds; private property
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
bleeding; haemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; casualties; losses
advance; moving forward; progress
to bring back; to restore
cloud of sand (dust, etc.)
to melt; to liquefy; to dissolve (in a liquid); to be soluble (in); to be used up (of money or time); to be wasted
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to collapse; to flop (onto)
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
thank you (for your hard work); good work; see you; goodbye; goodnight
to sprinkle over (e.g. salt, pepper, etc. on food)
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
exceedingly; extremely; decisively