interval; distance; suitable time; appropriate opportunity; distance between opponents (kendo)
beginning of the year; new year; New Year's call; New Year's greetings
half-holiday; sixth round (in a game of 12 rounds)
to have an eye on; to zero in on
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
wonderful; astounding; marvellous
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
pivot; vital point; cornerstone; Japanese photinia
scattered animal feed; ground bait
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
to incorporate; to include; to fill (a vessel) with
appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
hard to get; hard to come by
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)
to have a relationship; to have relations
returning tit for tat; retaliating
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
guilty conscience; feelings of remorse
to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate
fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to take seriously; to believe in; to fall for
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
unable to put up any resistance; unable to put up a fight; not standing a chance (against)
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
book title; heading; topic; subject; Nichiren Buddhist chant
(in the) presence (of); in front (of); before (someone)
to have full knowledge (of something); to know something thoroughly
minute; fine; delicate; accurate; precise; elaborate
Buddhist priest; bonze; close-cropped hair; crew cut; boy; sonny
supernatural phenomenon; paranormal phenomenon; anomalous phenomenon