connection; linking; linkage; link; liaison; contact
chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go
single horseman; wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed
enemy camp; enemy line; last 3 rows of the board
near; close by; within reach; familiar
peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times
postwar period; period after Second World War
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
torturing to death; tormenting to death
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms
receiving (from a superior); bestowed
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain
forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain (Edo period); change of constituency (for a politician); change of district
bravery; military prowess; valour; valor
(deliberate) misinterpretation; distortion (of someone's words, etc.); contortion; perversion; disingenuous understanding
private funds; own funds; private property
operating expenses; budget
deportation; expulsion from the country
prostrating oneself (in submission, respect, etc.)
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
to relate; to narrate; to describe; to confer (a rank)
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
sentimental; emotional; maudlin; mawkish
intensely; severely; strictly; tightly; compactly; closely
just as one was told; like she (he) said
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); pardon; excuse; justification; making amends for a previous misdoing
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
fort; stronghold; fortification
to refuse; to decline; to deny
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)