individual match; single game
team competition; team game
sixth year of elementary school; sixth year elementary school student
looking away; looking aside
Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)
shuffle (of playing cards, etc.); rearranging (in a random order); shaking (a container to mix ingredients, etc.)
to lay waste; to devastate; to invade; to break into; to troll (e.g. web forums); to spam
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
proxy; ringer; substitute; second serving of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen)
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
(one) letter; (one) character
to be associated (with); to be connected (with)
Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star
violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)
to win through (e.g. to finals); to advance
to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to
(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
championship; title (of champion)
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
master; expert; expert board game player (chess, go, shogi, etc.)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
abstention (from voting); renunciation (of a right); withdrawal (from a contest)
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
flair; flash; insight; flash (of inspiration, wit, etc.); waving (e.g. of a flag in the wind)
banter; teasing; chaffing; merely asking the price; just looking at goods; window-shopping
being defeated; being eliminated (from competition)
underground; below the ground; world of the dead; the grave; underground (activities, movement, etc.); secret
emphasizes direct object of action
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
expresses displeasure or disapproval; just from (doing); simply by
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
vocabulary; lexicon; lexis; terminology
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
zip fastener; zipper; zip; chuck (device for holding a workpiece in a lathe or a tool in a drill)
good prospects; full of hope; promising
to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem; to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone
set of three; three sets; three classes
at regular intervals; evenly spaced
diligent study; devoting oneself to one's studies