favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
being the sole winner; beating everyone else; winner-take-all; mostly alone; mostly by oneself
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
to make an enemy (of); to turn (someone) into an enemy; to antagonize
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
proposal; offer; request; application
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to butt into a conversation (from someone uninvolved)
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
ministries and government offices; the authorities
mouse; rat; dark gray; slate gray
counter for small animals; counter for rolls of cloth (two han in size); (arch.) counter for horses; roll of cloth
influential person; man of importance
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
thorough; exhaustive; complete
human affairs; mundane matters; personnel affairs; human resources; human power; human effort
that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game
paying for one's mistakes; getting one's just deserts; suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reap what you sow
Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly
to pick a fight; to pick a quarrel
plural; multiple; plural (number)
within the (Tokyo) metropolitan area
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
to place persons opposite; to come face to face with; to compare (with); to check (against); to match
correlation; interrelation
random; unintentional; unintended
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
to be consistent; to be coherent
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
continent; continental Asia (esp. mainland China); continental Europe
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia)