companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
place; location; room; space; basho; wrestling tournament
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
should; must; -able; probably; likely
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
to cut corners; to be shoddy
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
to be helpful; to be useful
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
rational; reasonable; logical
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
match; game; bout; contest
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
technique; art; skill; move
weeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection (e.g. natural selection)
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
martial arts; military arts; wushu; modern sport derived from traditional Chinese martial arts
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
agglutination; adhesion; fusion; combination; blending; uniting
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
ultimate; final; last; eventual
form; tense; adjective; i-adjective (in Japanese)
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
of course; certainly; naturally
to run along; to run beside; to follow (a policy, plan, etc.); to act in accordance with; to meet (wishes, expectations, etc.); to satisfy
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
standard practice; playing by the book; established tactic; joseki (in go); standard sequence (esp. in a corner); standard move
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); (arch.) province (of Japan)
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
(treasuring something by) never taking (it) off the premises