to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
technique; art; skill; move
to gather; to collect; to assemble
Toyama (city, prefecture)
traditional Japanese band of sandwich board advertisers
the whole town; all over the town; throughout the town
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to subsist; to keep on living
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
parting; separation; farewell
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
estimate; estimation; valuation; quotation
to be born; to come into the world
tired; frazzled; tiresome; tiring; draining
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
please remember me; please help me; please treat me well; please do; please take care of
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
favour; favor; favourite; favorite; patron; supporter
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
force; strength; capability; ability; efficacy; effect; effort
to feel; to sense; to experience
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
to repeat; to do something over again
failure; mistake; blunder
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case