to be matched against (in a sports contest)
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
immediate vassal (of the shogun; Kamakura and Muromachi periods); low-ranking vassal (of the shogun; Edo period)
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company
to take over; to obtain by transfer; to inherit; to buy; to purchase
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
rapidly; quickly; briskly; booming (e.g. of a drum)
changing one's clothes; change of clothes
palanquin; litter; bier; portable shrine
large number (of); many; majority
almost every day; almost daily
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
police sergeant (Edo period); low-ranking samurai who assisted daimyo or prominent military commanders (Muromachi period)
concentricity; same mind; unanimity; policeman; constable in the Edo period
to mark the end; to spell the end
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to rub; to crumple; to massage; to argue; to have a heated discussion; to train; to coach
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)
Chinese juniper (Juniperus chinensis)
to desire; to want; to expect (of someone); to hope for; to see; to command (a view of)
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
to hesitate to; to waver; to be hesitant about
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; fatigue (of metal, etc.)
soon; before long; slowly; quietly; already; about time
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
indiscriminately; recklessly
to find fault with everybody; to make oneself disagreeable
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
wig; hairpiece (esp. to cover hair loss); toupee
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
without; unacceptable; not alright; (arch.) nonexistent; (arch.) not being (there)
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
when it comes to ...; as for ...
way; method; means; resource; course