supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)
to feel (as if); to have a feeling (that); to have a hunch (that); to feel like doing; to want to do
(approximate) time; around; suitable time (or condition); time of year; season
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
in comparison to; rather than
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
fair and square; open and aboveboard
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
if so; in that case; in that situation
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
narrow margin; slim margin
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
purple; violet; Lithospermum erythrorhizon (species of gromwell); type of soy sauce
pretty girl who attracts customers to come inside a shop
both (hands, parents, sides, etc.); counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles; ryō; tael; ryō; pre-Meiji unit of currency, orig. the value of one ryō of gold
being too late; losing one's final chance
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
start; commencement; beginning; initiation
opposite side; other side; over there; that way; the other party; the other person
unexpected; unforeseen; strange
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become skilled in; to become experienced at; to become tame; to become domesticated
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
game, set and match; end of the game; end of the match
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand