bright sunshine; broad daylight
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
puzzled; perplexed; quizzical; dubious; suspicious
to have a reason; to have an excuse
but; however; provided that
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
perseverance; determination; tenacity; energy
polish; burnishing; improvement; becoming more skilled
being a poor loser; unwillingness to admit defeat; sour grapes
passing away; death; dying words; death poem (poem written during one's final moments)
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
(not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) altogether
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
in succession; one by one
revelation; manifestation; appearance; expression (e.g. in molecular biology; protein expression or gene expression)
in some way or other; in some shape or form; somehow
buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum); soba; Japanese buckwheat noodles; Chinese-style wheat noodles
to bear fruit; to ripen; to produce (good) results; to show results; to bear fruit
concerning ...; over ...; about ...; centering on ...
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
emperor; living god; god incarnate; miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)
to set (someone) up (in a high position); to kick upstairs; to hold sacred; to worship; to flatter
great numbers (of people); numerical superiority; masses; people; folk; clique
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
to build; to construct; to put up; to build up (a fortune, reputation, enterprise, etc.); to establish (a relationship, system, etc.); to create
struggle for supremacy; championship game
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
advance guard; vanguard; athlete who competes in the first match of a team competition (kendo, judo, etc.)
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
offensive (movement); aggression
to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account
surrender; capitulation; submission; yield
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan
rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness; harshness; edges (of a gem)
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
putting an idea into someone's head; suggestion; hint
ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising