overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
school; proof (of a book, document, etc.); counter for proofs
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
preliminary contest; qualifying round; trial; heat; primary
selection; choice; picking out
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
stale; hackneyed; cliched
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
to soak into; to permeate; to penetrate
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
attending physician; physician in charge; (one's) family doctor
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
spiritual plane; spiritual aspect; mental level
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
to miss (a train, bus, etc.); to fail to keep up with (e.g. the times); to be left behind by
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
wing; Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); (arch.) counter for birds or bird wings
propulsive power; driving force
to tire of; to lose interest in; (arch.) to be satisfied; (arch.) to enjoy; (arch.) to do adequately
without accident; uneventfully; without ...
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
emotional strength; force of will
remnant; fragment; fraction; odd sum; halfway; half-hearted
male-female relationships; relations between the sexes; sexual relations
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
extension; elongation; prolongation; Enchō era (923.4.11-931.4.26)
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
increase; multiplication; propagation; proliferation
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
cutting; severance; section; amputation; disconnection
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly