to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
partner country; other country (in a dispute, arrangement, etc.); opponent (country)
reconciliation; amicable settlement; court-mediated settlement; (arch.) translation of a foreign language into Japanese
conscription; (military) draft; (compulsory) enlistment
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
selection; choice; picking out; National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament; Spring Koshien
inundation; submersion; flood
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
talking in one's sleep; somniloquy; nonsense; gibberish
heated (e.g. debate); passionate
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment
to lose heart; to be discouraged; to be dejected; to be exhausted; to be tired out
having a garden; with a garden
very much; intensely; overwhelmingly; excessively; irresistibly; without any obvious reason
perception; sensation; awareness
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
retort (vessel used for distillation); retort (airtight vessel used to heat and sterilize canned or retort-pouch food)
rearing from infancy; training from an early age (e.g. an apprentice); teaching from an early stage (e.g. a subordinate)
state of selflessness; state of no-self; egoless state; state of total absorption; flow state; being in the zone
with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid
clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water)
simultaneous; all at once
sweeping with fire; mowing down; strafing
grey starling (Sturnus cineraceus); gray starling; starling (any bird of family Sturnidae); bumpkin; gullible person; sixty-nine (sexual position)
to pass each other; to brush past each other; to mingle together
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
coconut crab (Birgus latro); horribly drawn animated TV-show
wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)
death; the next world; to pass away; to die
arrangement (of music); adaptation (of a story, recipe, etc.); interpretation; arranging (objects, a meeting, etc.); organization
stimulation (e.g. of an economy); revitalization (e.g. of a town); rejuvenation; activation
environmental destruction