extremely talented; very gifted
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
to cease; to stop; to be over
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
voltage; excitement; enthusiasm
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
rivalry (between two equally strong sides); struggle for supremacy; competing (with); vying (with); contending (with); being an equal match (for)
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
bumpy (e.g. of a rash); knobbly; pimply; easily cut
to taste; to taste of; to have a taste
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
to jump up; to spring up; to jump (market, price, etc.); to rise sharply; to act rashly; to jump the gun
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to begin (emphatically); to launch; to embark on
to break; to fracture; to fold; to bend; to make (origami); to interrupt
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
earth; soil; the earth (historically, esp. as opposed to the heavens); the ground; low-quality torinoko-gami (containing mud); (period of) refraining from construction in the direction of the god of the earth (in Onmyōdō)
loser; defeated person; the defeated
aspect; phase; condition; modality (philosophy)
to bear a grudge against; to resent; to blame; to curse; to feel bitter towards
defeat; loss; reverse; setback
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
running continuously; firing in rapid succession
to finish; to end; to close
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
cry (esp. animal); roar; chirp; tweet; bark; whine
to stop (plug) one's ears
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
waves that remain after the wind has subsided; after-effect; aftermath
fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight