to compete with; to vie for
boastful speech; bragging
fragment; one of the group or party
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
spinal fluid; gray matter; grey matter
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to talk; to carry meaning
riverside; edge of a river
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
raft; forearm protector; skewered baby-eel kabayaki
great war; great battle; world war
whistling arrow used to signal the start of battle; start (e.g. of a movement); beginning; dawn
to substitute for; to stand in for; to fill in for
landing; going ashore; disembarkation; making landfall (of a typhoon); striking land; hitting land
outrider; herald; rikishi who leads the yokozuna to the ring prior to his ring-entering ceremony
one after another; in rapid succession
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
ignoring; acting as if it is nothing
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of Buddhism's hells
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
surprise attack; surprise visit; catching a person off guard
class; heading; group; category
iron hammer; (fig.) crushing blow
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
three great people (e.g. of the Meiji Restoration)
to be a match for; to rival; to equal; to compare with; to be equivalent to
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
but; however; even though; even if
to pole (a boat); to punt (a boat); to swim with (the tide); to go with (the flow, the times, etc.); to go against (the tide, the flow, etc.)
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
thousands; several thousand
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
charging (at the enemy) with a shout; rush; rushing (an activity); working at full speed; penetration; piercing