single combat; duel; one-on-one fight
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
the same rank; equality; apposition
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
element (esp. component in electronics); elemental device; device; data; datum
plan; scheme; (payment) plan; package; deal
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
flag; boolean value; something that foreshadows a future event or outcome (in a film, novel, etc.)
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
reversal (of a situation); turnaround; turnabout; reversal (of direction of rotation)
hidden ball trick; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
character (in a play, novel, film, etc.); dramatis personae
plot (of a novel, play, etc.); plotting (data)
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
region; limits; stage; level
team competition; team game
individual match; single game
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
mixing; mixture; meld; miscegenation
large country; major nation; great power; province of the highest rank (ritsuryō system)
defeating; crushing; smashing; destroying
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
heroine; female protagonist; heroine; heroic woman; brave woman
protagonist; main character; hero; head (of a household); proprietor (of a store)
division; section; classification; sorting; division
main body (of troops); main force; this troop; these troops
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold