conquest; domination; supremacy; winning (a championship)
election; selection; choice
plan; meter; measuring device; (in) total; total (of)
traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to have a taste for; to be fond of; to enjoy (in moderation); to be modest; to be prudent; to watch (e.g. one's behaviour)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
beforehand; in advance; ahead of time; previously
planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)
to show through; to be hinted at; to peek through; to shine through
to fight against; to oppose; to face
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
board (in shogi, go, chess, etc.); (phonograph) record; disc; board; panel
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
revealing something that was foreshadowed earlier in the story
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
the place for; the time for; the level of
one leap (i.e. skipping intermediate stages); one jump; one step; jumping (with both feet together)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume; tankōbon; individual volume of a manga series
foreshadowing; preparation; precautionary measures
(advertising) slogan; catchphrase; tagline
catchphrase (esp. in advertising)
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
spoiler; revealing important plot points of a story; spoiling a story
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
plan; idea; design; taste; liking; preference
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
to inlay; to set; to stud (e.g. star-studded sky); to enchase (something) with; to mount (gems)
within the country; inside the county; domestic; home; internal
to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.); to take (a measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
katakana word; word written in katakana
strangely; oddly; miraculously; mysteriously