thorough checkup; complete examination; complete physical; detailed testing
careful; elaborate; scrupulous
maintenance; preservation; improvement
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
strongly hoping or requesting (of something that is difficult to be brought to fruition)
race (of people); type of person
sympathy; compassion; pity
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
(not) at all; (not) in the least; (none) whatsoever
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
one's cherished opinion; pet theory
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
dripping with sweat; bathed in perspiration
sum; harmony; peace; Japan; Japanese-style
zero; 0; nought; nothing; zilch
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
one animal (small); (arch.) two-tan bolt of cloth
warrior (esp. of military retainers of daimyos in the Edo period); samurai; (arch.) man in attendance (on a person of high standing); (arch.) retainer
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
stage (theatre, theater); scene or setting (e.g. of novel, play, etc.)
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to negotiate (with someone about); to talk over (something with); to tackle someone (about); to throw on each other; to splash (water) on each other; to pour on each other
one more time; once more; once again
bad-feeling; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross; disgusting
decisive win; winning hands down
powerfully; vigorously; with all one's strength; lots of; heaps of; plenty
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
to make a mess of; to sacrifice; to waste
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
fighting with real swords; game played in real earnest
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
counter for parts, stages, installments, etc. (of a story, series, project, campaign, etc.); counter for bullets
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold; inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed