chance; opportunity; machine; aircraft; counter for aircraft; counter for (remaining) lives
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
feeling keenly; fully realizing
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
three years; third school year (e.g. of high school)
match; game; bout; contest
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
all of a sudden; unexpected; abrupt; sudden
bamboo sword (for kendo); bamboo fencing stick; bamboo sword
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
roundhouse kick; turning kick
heavy heartbeat; thumping; pounding
to pass from one's lips; to escape one's lips
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
championship game; finals (of a tournament); deciding round
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
the aforementioned; the said; the usual; kudan; yōkai resembling a human-headed bovine, said to prophesize misfortune or bountiful harvest
chief umpire; referee (soccer, boxing, etc.)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; expectation; anticipation
forbidden move (sumo, shogi, go, etc.); prohibited move; foul
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to weigh (one thing against another); to compare (the relative merits of two options); (lit.) to weigh (something) on scales; to try to have it both ways; to play a double game; to have two strings to one's bow
to make frantic efforts; to make an all-out effort; to try desperately
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
to hand over; to turn over; to cede
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)
ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
business ability; business acumen
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity; (online) comment
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
moneylending; moneylender
matter of time; question of time
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at
to give one's name; to introduce oneself; to announce one's candidacy
(with) great vigour (from the way splitting bamboo goes all down the stick); irresistible force
youngster; neophyte; greenhorn
to rake over the coals; to scold; to chastise; to burn moxa on the skin
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge