kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to surround; to encircle; to besiege; to lay siege to; to play (go, shogi, etc.)
settlement; village; community; (bacterial) colony
to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
outer wall (e.g. castle); outer block (enclosure); outline; contour
home area; home town; local
influential person; man of importance
control; management (e.g. of a business)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to start (something); to start up; to boot (a computer); to launch (a business)
black; black go stone; guilt; guilty person
flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
here and there; in places
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
funerals and ceremonial occasions
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
battle formation; camp; encampment; group; gang; war
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
order of chivalry; chivalric order
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
corridor; hallway; passageway
messenger; envoy; emissary
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
agency; commission; reception (of guests); conveyance (of messages)
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
costume; dress; attire; (arch.) interior decoration; (arch.) landscaping; (arch.) furnishing
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
while; even though; despite
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to be worried; to be troubled
state; state of affairs; appearance; look; sign; indication
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
appetizer; starter; hors d'oeuvre