clothing; costume; outfit; garment; dress
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusing; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
high alert; a state of high alert; on alert
October; tenth month of the lunar calendar
to be strongly attracted (by); to be utterly charmed (by); to be completely captivated (by); to admire greatly; to fall deeply in love (with); to fall head over heels (for)
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
to end in vain; to be wasted effort
imperial capital (esp. Kyoto); final word of an iroha poem; 10^16; 10,000,000,000,000,000
hot summer day; day on which the temperature reaches at least 25°C
sunlight; rays of the Sun
pitiful; unfortunate; poor; unpardonable; regrettable
barrette; hair clip; hair slide; hair band
reigning (over a country); dominating; controlling; dictating
(team) pairings; match-ups
brown; light brown; tawny
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; agglutination
circulation (of the blood)
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
barrette; hair clasp; hair slide
simulation; simulation (of a foul); diving; flopping
marked; pronounced; showing a strong tendency (towards)
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
flat-out run; driving at full speed
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
several shots; several blows
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
majestic figure; imposing figure; impressive appearance; magnificent appearance
to challenge (a person) to a fight
completely; entirely; all; in large amounts; a lot
to have more wins than losses; to lead an opponent (e.g. by two games); to be ahead (in wins); to take the lead (in points, goals, etc. during a match)
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to say (something) over one's shoulder
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside; to set aside; to keep apart; to remove (someone) from the group; to shun
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne