competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; one's life; one's lifespan
to do as much as is humanly possible; to try every possible means
traditional; conventional
empty air; sky; shunyata; emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
shrill; strident; sharp (pain, e.g. headache, earache); ice-cold; very cold
review (of learned material); revision
circumference; girth; tour; pilgrimage; circulation (e.g. of blood)
unlicensed; without a license (licence)
fray; fighting; brawling; scuffle
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
touchdown (as in rugby, etc.)
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold; putting in storage; thing put in storage
forwarding or transportation industry
entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university
economics department; economics school
comfortable (to live in); snug; cosy; cozy
slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline
living by oneself; living alone
sharing a room, flat, apartment, or house (with roommates, flatmates, etc.)
another prefecture; other prefectures
capillary vessel; capillary
stopping of bleeding; stanching; hemostasis; haemostasis
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
Iga (former province located in the west of present-day Mie Prefecture)
congratulation; celebration
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
word game; wordplay; playing with words
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy
to listen again; to ask again
bowl (of a pipe); fire grate; censer; flash pan (of a muzzle-loading gun); priming pan
to blow along (in the wind); to set adrift
financial power; financial means; wealth
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design
to be prepared to flee; to become restless; to become agitated
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome