match; game; bout; contest
to accept somebody's challenge; to take up the gauntlet
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
to chase; to run after; to pursue
few decades; many decades; several decades
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
one's house; one's home; one's family
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
how can (one) do something
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
rebellious phase; rebellious age
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
cost of a meal (or meals)
(somebody else's) parents; both parents
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
several minutes; a few minutes
approximately; about; only; nothing but; just (finished, etc.)
smallish; on the small side; somewhat small; short swing of a bat, racquet, etc.
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
how long; how far; how much
foot of a mountain; plain at the foot of a mountain; range; spread; extent
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
coherence; order; focus; point
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
humanity and justice (esp. in Confucianism); virtue; duty; formal greeting (between yakuza, street vendors, gamblers, etc.); (gang's) moral code
-less; lacking; non-existing
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to go crazy (esp. of a situation or thing); to get out of hand; to end up in an extreme state
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
parasol (esp. one that is secured to the ground); sunshade; (beach) umbrella
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
to win and advance to the next round
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
massing (of troops); gathering
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
combination; assortment; matching (in a contest); pairing; combination
to get drunk; to become tipsy
the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning"); lowest division in sumo