excelling; surpassing; outdoing
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
while; during (the time when)
setting aside; leaving to one side
supreme ruler; conqueror; champion; winner; titleholder
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped
my; one's own; I ...; one ...
to be consistent; to be coherent
specialization; specialisation
remainder; remnant; not very; not much; too much; excessively
to accept; to receive; to agree
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
by the way; meanwhile; on the other hand
how much; how many; however
probability; likelihood; chances
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
remote control; remote operation
autonomy (philosophy); self-control
sister complex; excessive attachment to one's sister; audio component system; stereo component system
contract; compact; agreement
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
(with a) whizzing sound; sound of something whizzing by
threshold (amount, dose, etc.)
one sheet; one page; one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); one chō (unit of distance, 109.09 m); one game
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
though; notwithstanding; although
work (e.g. book, film, composition, etc.); opus; performance; production