candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
seven; seven years of age; four o'clock (old time system)
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
race game (board game where the object is to reach the goal first); trad. Japanese board games played with dice, esp. ban-sugoroku
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
to become dim; to become blurred
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
god; deity; incredible; fantastic; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
respect and affection; love and respect
wise saying; famous saying
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
polydipsia; excessive thirst (e.g. with diabetes)
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
to approach; to draw near; to get close; to get acquainted with; to get closer to; to get to know
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
unmanned; uninhabited; unattended; shorthandedness; lack of help
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
great; grand; magnificent; outstanding; mighty
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
to lie down; to throw oneself down
deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
victory or defeat; issue (of battle); outcome
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
with a smack; with a spank; with a plunk (of the sound of a shamisen); shamisen
at this stage; at this point; now (contrasting with the past)