to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
maniac; enthusiast; fan; mania; craze
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to go upstream; to go up (a river); to go back (to the past or origin); to date back (to); to trace back (to)
July; seventh month of the lunar calendar
annual function; annual event
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
exclusive; attached to; specialist
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king
paying a tribute; contribution; presentation of something to an aristocrat
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
(nth) power; counter for vehicles; multiplication; Buddha's teachings
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
archery; mapping; map; morphism
technique; art; skill; move
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
patron god; tutelar deity; guardian deity; local deity
power; authority; influence
unripe; green; immature; immature; inexperienced; unskilled
according to; due to; by (means of); because of; via; on the basis of
all; whole; entire; complete (set); in total
high-ranking noh actor; head of a school of noh performance; high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period); jōruri narrator; manzai narrator; female role actor in kabuki; lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)
family tree; pedigree; genealogy
to cheat (someone out of); to swindle; to wangle; to wheedle; to get
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation; anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
test; trial; ordeal; tribulation
one's nature; talents; destiny; mission; sphere of activity
person who introduces someone; introducer
unfortunately; regrettably; sad to say