overall victory; championship; winning the title; (being in) heaven; bliss; perfect contentment
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
to refer to; to consult; to use as a reference
to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship
on the occasion of; at the time of
underestimation; undervaluation
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
the West; the Occident; Western countries
being based on; following (a rule, guidelines, etc.); conforming to (standards, regulations, etc.); complying with
Japanese style; light wind; moderate breeze
ghost; apparition; phantom; spectre; specter; demon
chonmage; topknot hairstyle worn by men in the Edo period, and sumo wrestlers today; please do (for me)
(arch.) poor; (arch.) unskillful; (arch.) clumsy; I; me
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
westernization; westernisation
modernization; modernisation
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
Japanese style; Japanesque; Japanism
Zipangu (the name for Japan used by Marco Polo)
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
elephant (Elephantidae spp.)
cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)
lumping together; putting all together
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
stale; hackneyed; clichéd
covered with; stained; smeared
sovereign; emperor; monarch
tolerant; big; flexible; big-hearted; accepting; open-minded
to become numb; to go to sleep (e.g. a limb); to get an electric shock; to tingle (from an electric shock); to be excited; to be titillated