training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
diligently; seriously; perfectly; properly; sufficiently; satisfactorily
to become better; to improve
piece; slice; cloth; sharpness; agility; counter for scraps, pieces, etc.
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)
(garden) balsam; Impatiens balsamina
early spiketail (species of flowering plant, Stachyurus praecox)
daisy (Bellis perennis); English daisy
giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
to be found; to be discovered
breath; breathing; tone; mood
any more; any further; any better; any longer
bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)
that way; that direction; there; that (one); you; your family
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
at least; at most; (even) just
leaving out; omitting; skipping; (beating) in succession; in a row
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
to come together; to merge; to fit; to match; to be profitable; to be equitable
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
(of a lie, etc.) obvious; transparent
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
snake; serpent; large snake
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold