confections; sweets; candy; cake
to be careful; to pay attention; to take care
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
four handed performance (on the piano)
rest; break; recreation; recuperation; convalescence
close by; right there; short distance away; at once; as soon as possible; immediately
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
clipping (of newspaper article, etc.); cutting; scrap (for a scrapbook); cut-out (picture, coloured paper, etc.)
to collect; to assemble; to gather
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to be jealous of; to be envious of; to envy
replenishment; supplement; reparation
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
Niigata (city, prefecture)
strong; potent; strong; brawny; good (at); skilled; being able to handle
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
all-Japan; all-Japan championships; (Japanese) national championships
special training; intensive training; crash course
clearing one's throat; cough
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
that; the matter in question
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse