top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
character; personality; (fictional) character; character
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
best; supreme; wonderful; highest; maximum; most
name; given name; first name
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
(not) anyone; (not) a single person; no one; nobody
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy); to exhaust completely; to have nothing left (e.g. to say)
secret techniques (of an art or skill); inner mysteries; essence; quintessence; heart
to show; to display; to make (something or someone) look ...; to present an appearance of ...; to make (something) worth watching; to be entertaining; to have (something) looked at (by a specialist)
time; hour; occasion; case; chance; opportunity
versus; against; to (e.g. score of 4 to 2, ratio of 3 to 1, vote of 320 to 180); toward ...; to ...; equal footing
start of a match; beginning of a game; kickoff
honorific affix; honorific prefix
mob; crowd of people; background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-player character
way; style; ceremony; rite; wedding (ceremony); equation
tailspin; spin; drilling; boring
rotation; revolution; working (e.g. of one's mind); function; turnover (of goods, funds, etc.); circulation
the defensive; passive attitude; passivity; the passive; passive voice; ukemi (the art of falling safely)
absolutely; definitely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
king; monarch; ruler; champion
first game; first round (e.g. of a tournament)
unsightly; ungraceful; clumsy; awkward; unpresentable; unshapely
to lose; to be defeated; to give in (to); to yield; to be inferior (to); to be second (to)
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
end; ending; close; end of (one's) life; death
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
it's no joke; gimme a break!
judgement; judgment; refereeing; umpiring; judgement (of God); referee
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop