war; battle; match; game; competition
complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
one by one; one after another; successively
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
no!; no no!; no, not at all
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to wave; to shake; to sprinkle; to throw (dice); to cast (actor); to allocate (work); to turn down (somebody)
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
together; at the same time; same; identical
(the) mainstream; main course (of a river); main stream
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
unusual; rare; new; novel; fine (e.g. gift)
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
defense; defence; safeguard; protection
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
one eye; one of one's eyes
to supplement; to make up for; to compensate for; to cover (a shortage, loss, etc.); to fill (e.g. a vacancy)
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
protector (e.g. chest); guard
butting (in boxing); clashing (of schedules, etc.); conflict; colliding
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
although I say; although one might say; although called
face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect
small; small-sized; small-scale; miniature
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons