fierce battle; hard-fought battle; hot contest; severe fight
lucky; nice!; score!; bingo!
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to jump at; to be attracted by
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
calm; composed; cool; quiet
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to wait eagerly for; to look forward to
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
daughter of a person of high rank (esp. eldest daughter)
to collect; to gather; to arrange; to put in order; to make uniform; to make even
event; festivities; function; social gathering; auspices; opening
anyway; by the way; incidentally; well; to change the subject
beautiful; pretty; lovely; sweet; pure (heart, friendship, etc.)
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
immovable; motionless; firm; Acala (Wisdom King); Fudō; fierce Buddhist deity
polite; courteous; hospitable
loser; defeated person; the defeated
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to look out on; to overlook; to face (a situation, crisis, etc.); to meet (e.g. death); to deal with (an issue); to attend (e.g. a function)
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
mumblingly; mutteringly; unintelligibly
to begin to do; to cater; to deliver food
marriage by abduction; marriage by capture; bride kidnapping; marriage where the person courted was already married
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
glittering; sparkling; glistening; twinkling
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
to ask for permission (before doing something); to ask first
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
former years; formerly; a few years ago
possession; dependency; territory; dominion
status; position; method; way; rule; regulation
acquaintance; making someone's acquaintance