sword skills; swordsmanship
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
highest peak; highest mountain; greatest authority; most prominent person; pinnacle (e.g. of art)
equal (in ability); even; evenly matched; well-matched; on par (with)
to fight (with); to cross swords; to compete (with); to argue (with); to have an argument; to have a dispute
it is assuredly (that) ...; can say with confidence that it is ...
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
perfect; ideal; completely satisfactory; leaving nothing to be desired; faultless; impeccable
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to pronounce; to read (e.g. a kanji)
rival; competitor; competition
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
nuisance to other people; inconvenience to others
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
in accordance with; according to
floor; stage (for the narrator and the shamisen player); dining platform built across a river
fall; drop; descent; coming down
changing clothes; change of clothes
nap room (in an office, fire station, etc.)
to pick up; to pick out (e.g. key points in an article); to single out; to point out
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
memory (of having seen something or someone before); remembrance; recollection; recognition
agency; agent; answering (the door, phone, etc. on someone's behalf); ushering in (a visitor); passing on (a message); conveyance
may I ask (for); might I ask (that)