match; game; bout; contest
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
only one (person, thing); sole; highest; best; custom-made
to win the prize; to win the ring
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
embodiment; realization; materialization
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
draw (in go, poetry contest, etc.); tie
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
arm-barring force out; locking arms around an opponent and pushing him out of the ring
to pull in (fish); to land
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
curse; spell; malediction
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
pitching ability; counter for pitches
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
good luck charm; uttered when using magic; abracadabra; presto
Seven Gods of Fortune; Seven Deities of Good Luck; Seven Lucky Gods
accurate; correct; precise; exact
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
hand net; dip net; scoop net
achievement; feat; meritorious deed; distinguished service
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
mid-air breakage or disintegration
fly ball; fly (esp. in fishing bait); flying
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to shiver; to shake; to quake; to tremble; to quaver; to quiver
to congratulate; to celebrate