to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
preferential treatment; hospitality; warm reception; cordial welcome
municipal office; council; city hall
demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance
overserious; deeply sincere; very earnest
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to make sure of; to ascertain; to see with one's own eyes; to watch to the end; to watch to make sure (that)
to return; to come home; to leave (of a guest, customer, etc.); to get home; to get to home plate
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
rebirth in paradise; peaceful death
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
to do a silly thing; to do something stupid
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
place for dancing; dance floor; landing (of a staircase); leveling off (e.g. in the economy); cooling off
to compete for the first place; to be one of the two best
rouge (esp. lip rouge); lipstick
pipe; tube; wind instrument; vessel; duct; counter for tube-shaped objects
business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs
to be submerged; to be soaked; to be pickled; to be well seasoned; to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)
900; nine hundred; (arch.) fool; (arch.) idiot
(period of) a year; during the era (of)
good quality; fine quality; superior quality; high quality
firmly; flatly; definitely (wrong, different, etc.); absolutely; by far; far and away
birth; birthplace; born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
mixed race; mixed parentage
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
outstandingly; extraordinarily; exceptionally