victory or defeat; match; contest; game
soldier; tactician; strategist
composure; calmness; self-possession; depositing (at the bottom); deposition; accumulation
genius; prodigy; natural gift
generally; in the main; (more or less) everything; all parts; ordinary; usual
without; but if; otherwise; or else
arrogance; haughtiness; pride
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to endeavor (to do); to endeavour; to try hard; to work hard; to strive; to make an effort
greatly; very much; thanks a lot
spare time; free time; leisure
like a decent person; human
steepness; steep place; harsh (look); sharp (tongue)
water's edge; shore; waterside
ripple (on water); wavelets; ripple (e.g. of uneasiness); unrest; disturbance
participation; joining; entry
night boat; ship sailing at night
house-sitting; house-sitter; caretaker (official post in the Edo period); keeper
one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
reasonable thing; natural thing
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
(not even) for a moment; (not) even in the slightest degree; (not) on any account; at any rate; at the very least; putting everything else aside
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
wooden box carried on one's back to store items for a pilgrimage