to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
guidance; leadership; instruction; shido (disciplinary action for a minor infringement of the rules of judo)
prize money; monetary award; reward
war; battle; match; game; competition
championship; title (of champion)
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
study; pursuit of knowledge
deciding match; play-off; runoff
March; third month of the lunar calendar
blank; blank space; gap; time spent not doing something (e.g. working, practicing)
personal affair; one's own affair
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
narrow margin; slim margin
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate
great difference; big difference; wide margin
adult; grown-up; person who has come of age; fully fledged; established; qualified
bang; bam; noontime signal gun (carried out early Meiji to Taishō); noon gun; last round in a game of 12 rounds; precisely
armed might; military power; the sword; force
personal combat; one-to-one fight
trickling (of water); flickering (of fire); darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about
just the other day; quite recently
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
forcibly; against one's will
unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
to gain experience; to accumulate experiences
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
divide into four pieces; one fourth
free skating (figure skating)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
form; method; system; formula
recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement
road approaching a shrine