war; battle; match; game; competition
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
simultaneously striking one another (in kendo, etc.); draw; tie
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
clear; precise; definite; distinct
older sister; elder sister
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
to pass (of time); to elapse
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
regret; flesh, blood vessels and fat from around chicken heart (usu. served as yakitori)
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
entrance; entry; gate; approach; mouth
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)
illumination; decorative lighting
decoration; ornament; trimmings
image; figure; figure; form; image
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
piling up high (food in a bowl); filling (a bowl); heaped bowl
thick (esp. paper, cloth)
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
reindeer (Rangifer tarandus)
to get excited; to get hyped up; to become happy; to get in a good mood
to take back; to regain; to get back; to recover