contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
competing; competition; auction
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
to reverberate; to resound; to echo; to have one's fame spread; to be renowned
to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case); to be ... or something
pupil; student; schoolchild
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
(Japanese) larch (Larix leptolepis, Larix kaempferi)
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
tengu; long-nosed goblin; bragging; conceit; braggart
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to become rounded; to roll into a ball
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
diagonal move (in the game of go)
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
common foot soldier (feudal Japan); samurai of the lowest rank
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
Hakodate (city in Hokkaido)
spiritual awakening; resolution
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
living god; saintly person
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; and everything else; and all; (not) at all; (not) in the least
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason
refrigerator; cold; cool; cold sake
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool