decisive game; important bout; crucial match
to get dark; to grow dark; to end (of a day, year, season, etc.); to come to an end; to be sunk in (e.g. despair); to be lost in (e.g. thought)
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
embodiment; manifestation; materialization; materialisation; expression; indication
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
library; book storage; stack room; archive (file)
mannish (esp. of women's fashion)
zigzag-shaped paper streamer often used to adorn Shinto-related objects; hornbeam (deciduous tree in the birch family)
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern; cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern; Naruto (city in Tokushima); Naruto Strait; Naruto wakame
rise; improvement; uptrend
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
true character; true heart; true spirit
want to ... do something; would like to ...
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
justice; fairness; impartiality
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
experienced; already had an experience (with something)
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
state (of mind); mental state; field (of activity); one's lot; circumstance; place
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim
passage; path; route; one's way
soft, light rustling (e.g. leaves in the wind)
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to roll up or pull up (sleeves, skirt, etc.)
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
stripe; bar; streak; (weaved) stripe pattern (of 2 or more different colors)
silver; silver colour; (fig.) snow
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
flood of customers; roaring business
to sit cross-legged; to sit at ease