one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
very good luck; excellent fortune
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
baseball player; ballplayer
to pound away; to hit at random; to hit ceaselessly
fiercely fought contest; close game (match, race, etc.); dead heat
last moment; eleventh hour; platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
unselfish; disinterested; unavaricious; free of avarice
discovery; detection; finding
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive
fifth court rank; black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax); night heron; five ranks; five stages
changing (job, career, lifestyle, social position, beliefs, etc.)
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
one more; another; not quite; close run; just falling short of success
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
last place; lowest position; lowest rank; least significant (bit); lowest order
do-or-die game; crucial contest
failure; mistake; blunder
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
in order; in turn; one by one
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
result; consequence; coming to fruition; bearing fruit; as a result; consequently
to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form); to post a message (e.g. on a bulletin-board); to store; to write (data); to flash
third rank (in the Japanese court system); Trinity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context