advanced level; high grade; senior
rearing; training; nurture; cultivation; promotion
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
after all; in the end; conclusion; end; end of a game of go, shogi, etc.
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
You'll regret this!; I'll get you for this; Just you wait
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
to begin; to set about; to start
absurd; ridiculous; nonsense; excessive; extreme
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
variety; kind; type; counter for kinds, species, etc.
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
shaking (something) out; starting point; beginning; drawing (e.g. of a bill); issue; throw (of dice); infusion (remedy)
interval; break; pause; spare moment
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth
prefix for forming ordinal numbers