starting field which contains the November and/or December 20-point card
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
honorific title; honorific term of address
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
master; boss; stable master; craftsman; artisan; (arch.) foster parent
master; expert; Meijin (professional title); Meijin (highest title for male players in competitive karuta)
company president; manager; director
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
chief advisor to the Emperor (adviser)
commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force against the barbarians (beginning in 794 CE); shogun; great, unifying leader
star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; star (actor, player, etc.); dot; spot
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
default; default (setting)
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
maid cafe; cafe with waitresses dressed in cute maid costumes
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
fine weather; fair weather
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse; litter
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); (court) case; project; enterprise; advertisement
utilization rate; usage rate; occupancy rate
formal; official; regular; proper; legal; due (formalities)
joining (a club, organization, etc.); becoming a member; entry; admission; subscription; affiliation
shikigami; spirit used by onmyōji sorcerers
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind