sacred scripture; sacred book; holy book; writings of a sage
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
handsome man; looker; good guy; great guy; influential person (esp. in the yakuza); sumo wrestler
threat; intimidation; menace
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
close; intimate; on good terms
two persons; two people; pair; couple
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
commander; commanding officer; CO
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
I see; that's right; indeed
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
first of all; at once; right away; for now; for the time being
again; once more; also; too; on the other hand; while; and
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
(common) soldier; rank and file; army; troops; warfare; strategy
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
to bite into (e.g. rope into skin); to cut into; to eat into; to encroach; to be wedged (i.e. underwear pulled from the back, driving it between the buttocks)
record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.
memory; recollection; remembrance; storage
yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it?
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
on the board (shogi, go, etc.)