active duty; active service; student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
life-size; life-sized; true-to-life; faithful (depiction); realistic
to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to become popular
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king
clear weather; fine weather; formal; ceremonial; cleared of suspicion
messenger; police and judicial chief (Heian and Kamakura periods); klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
chanko; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
sumo wrestling; wrestler; rikishi
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
chankonabe; fish, meat, and vegetable stew traditionally served to wrestlers
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
shortness of breath; panting; puffing; running out of steam (e.g. economy); losing momentum
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
long stretch; long haul; marathon; long scene (in a play); long act
to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
genuine; real; full-scale; full-blown; full-fledged; professional
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to accept (a thing) with thanks
to boil; to come to a boil; to seethe (with rage, etc.); to be furious
chicken bones; chicken carcass
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
(for the taste of something) to become apparent; (for someone's character) to come out
round; circular; curved; smooth; harmonious; calm
(husked grains of) rice; staple (product, etc.); necessity
complementation; supplementation; completion
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; mowing down the enemy
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
draining basket (traditionally made of bamboo); colander; something full of holes; zaru soba; strong drinker; someone who can drink like a fish
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract