contest; comparison; competition
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as; whether or not
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
here and there; various places; all around; muddled; confused; in the wrong order
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to have sexual intercourse
offensive smell; bad smell; foul smell; stench
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
wherein; therein; thereinto
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
to be surprised; to be taken aback; to be amazed; to be frightened; to be startled; to be alarmed
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
man and horse; rider and horse; centaur
covered with; stained; smeared
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
don't be absurd; that's out of the question; nonsense; don't mention it
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
charm; attractiveness; courtesy; ingratiating behaviour; entertainment; amusement
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
tenugui; (hand) towel (usu. thin cotton cloth)
overcoat; exceeding; going over; exaggerated; overdone; over par; overexposure
to accept one's inferiority; to take one's hat off to someone; to give up; to surrender; to strike one's colors
bowstring; string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.); bail (arched pot handle); diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu
source of fire; sign of fire; warmth of fire; heat
clop clop; rumble rumble; sound of something being boiled
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
turret; watchtower; high wooden stage; scaffolding; wooden frame (of a kotatsu); yagura
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
to call; to name; to call oneself ...; to go by the name of ...; to purport (to be); to profess
attack; offence; top (dominant partner of a homosexual relationship); barrage (of); flood (of)