man of ability

have difficulty with, be put out

a flat ritual baton or scepter of Chinese origin. Usually made of woods like Japanese yew, holly, cherry, sakaki, (Japanese cedar,) the shaku is often seen in portraits of shoguns and noblemen, but is now used mostly by Shinto priests

pick up

diligent, industrious, skillful, dextrous

diligence, being industrious, skillfulness, dexterity

(idiomatic) to cut off a relationship, to break up with someone, to be through with someone

(baseball, softball) a left fielder

(game of Go, shogi) a joseki trap; a bad move intended to trick the opponent into entering a known bad sequence

(baseball, softball) a first baseperson; a first baseman; a first basewoman