competing in earnest (esp. in sumo)
black and white; monochrome; good and evil; right and wrong; guilt and innocence
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
white; innocence; innocent person; blank space; white stone; white dragon tile; skewered grilled pig intestine
exactly; precisely; just; just (like); as if; as though
chopsticks; (something) at hand; (in) one's possession; (near) one's hands
serial number; consecutive number
to borrow; to rent; to hire; to make use of (another's help, wisdom, etc.); to obtain; to use (for another purpose)
marking; grading; scoring
container; receptacle; case; inserting; putting in
fair; fair ball; fair (event)
to easily defeat; to eat (one's opponent) alive; to bilk; to swindle; to dupe
high (spirits); euphoric; intoxicated; high
male; manly; brave; larger (of the two); greater; (arch.) man
many points; many dots; being interspersed in countless numbers
to sing; to sing of (love, beauty, etc.) in a poem; to express in the form of a poem; to recite (a poem)
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
Lord; Highness; (arch.) you
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
carelessly; inattentively
to have no chance (of succeeding)
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
pillow; bolster; introduction (e.g. to a rakugo story); lead-in
black market adult video; black market adult film; bootleg video
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
foundation stone; cornerstone
counter for drops of liquid
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle