to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
simple honesty; tactless frankness
amount of material resources
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
(Confucian) temple; church; sanctuary
if it is (the case that ...)
really; truly; very; extremely; exceedingly; sincerely
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
support; backing; endorsement; propping up; holding up; support
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
after (a long process); at the end of; last line (of a renga)
(fixing) boundaries for religious practices; prohibition (of items, people, spirits, etc. that would hinder Buddhist practice); fence between inner and outer sanctums in a temple; (arch.) short two or three-fold lattice around the front desk of a store; barrier; dimensional barrier
to smash down; to batter down; to beat in; to destroy
belief; faith; conviction
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
in history; ever; historical
revolution; 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
interference; intervention; meddling
accurate; precise; exact; appropriate; apt; right
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
capture; seizure; prehension; apprehension; understanding; grasp
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver; to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
interior; inside; internal
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
second (unit of time); arc second
meeting; greeting; welcome; person sent to meet a visitor
internal (e.g. mechanism, feature); built-in; equipped (with)