first match (in a series)
large number (of); many; majority
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
stronghold; fortress; strategic position; key position
precarious situation; precarious state
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
coach (horse-drawn); carriage; wagon; cart
war situation; progress of a battle
seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
old person; elderly person; trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay; senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate); important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)
(making a) lesson (of); (setting an) example; warning
physical labor (esp. forced); strenuous manual labor; toil
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
political measures; policy
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
latent disposition; inner feelings
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
training (animals); breaking (animals)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
certainly; surely; definitely
to bare one's fangs; to snarl (at)
obedience; submission; resignation
to devise a plan; to work out a plan
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
one move (in go, shogi, etc.); only way; only means; doing alone; doing single-handed