Vocabulary

death register; necrology

jockey

transitivity

beginner; newcomer; novice

loss of tempo (shogi, othello)

gain of tempo (shogi, othello)

completely (beaten, defeated, etc.); thoroughly; utterly; black and blue; to a pulp

rematch (after an earlier loss)

well done!; nice try!; well fought!

to be in difficulties; to be in trouble; to be in a difficult situation

side; edge

(crime of) aiding and abetting

very large cluster (of a virus); large (concentrated) outbreak

second wave

food waste

crumbly black topsoil (esp. from weathered volcanic ash); loam soil

arriving at camp (military)

on bargain sale

collection truck (for used goods, refuse, etc.); recovery vehicle

counter for waves (of a repeated occurrence)

gaming chair

couple; husband and wife; man and wife

sorry; my bad

popular spot; popular place; popular location

the "fa" pseudo-column of the Japanese syllabary table (fa, fi, fu, fe, fo)

clerical script (ancient, highly angular style of kanji)

through a (computer, etc.) screen

classical form of i-adjective inflection formed by contraction of the "ku" adverbial form with the classical verb "ari" ("aru")

(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; one millimeter

whispered conversation; whispering

waiting room; duty room; standby room

without an audience; crowdless; behind closed doors

crowdless game; game behind closed doors

bamboo screen; rattan blind

small house; thatched hut

stern

disaster; calamity; misfortune

treating bed hair

functional grammar

formal grammar