activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
unique flavor (flavour); (degree of) flavouring; distinctive quality; special charm
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to kick about; to kick around; to scatter (a crowd, the enemy, etc.); to rout
disabling; invalidation; nullification; vitiation
elaborate; exquisite; detailed
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
equation; formula; ceremony; style; (arch.) enforcement regulations (of the ritsuryo)
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
to be a good match for; to stand a chance against; to be able to compete with; to hold one's own
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to be able to manage somehow or another
learning by watching others; learning by imitation
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
to satisfy (conditions, one's appetite, etc.); to meet (e.g. demands); to fulfill; to fill (e.g. a cup); to pack; to supply
silence; stillness; quietness
impossible; unlikely; improbable
taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.); similar to ...; dependent on ...; reliant on ...; while ...; when ...
front; frontage; facade; main
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
papermaking; paper manufacture
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
scroll; rolled book; scarf; muffler; sushi made rolled in nori seaweed with a core of filling
counter for flat objects (e.g. sheets of paper); (arch.) counter for positions or roles; (arch.) counter for food portions (now only gyōza and soba); counter for ranking level
to bind; to file; to top with egg (e.g. donburi)
to follow in order; to go through step-by-step