young person; servant; errand boy in a samurai family; person of lowly status
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
hero; heroine; Eroica Symphony (Beethoven, 1804); Heroic Polonaise (Chopin)
one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
match; game; bout; contest
cheering song; supporters' song
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
Wednesday; shaved ice (served with flavored syrup); water (fifth of the five elements)
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
defeating in an instant; instant kill
easy victory; walkover; easy peasy; child's play; cakewalk
exactly; precisely; just; as if; as though; quite
to do wholeheartedly; to put one's heart into something
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
first match (in a series)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
you (plural); all of you; you all
to forget to say; to forget to mention
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
to attempt; to test; to try out
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to cut off; to lop off; to prune
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
decision of a contest; finals (in sports)
(animal) collar; necklace; choker