caustic words; defiant words
touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant); foul (comp. karuta); touching a card which is not in the same territory as the correct card
impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould); tooth mark; teeth marks
race game (board game played with dice in which the object is to reach the end of a track); ban-sugoroku; sugoroku; traditional Japanese board game similar to backgammon
root; source; origin; cause
mistaken memory; trick of the memory; slip of the memory
one-ring scam; one ring; disconnecting a call after one ring has gone through
nature; character; disposition
as you can imagine; as imagined
field of flowers; flower garden; field of alpine flowers; fantasy; delusion
to create a debt in one's favor (e.g. by doing someone a favor); to create an obligation in one's favor
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
lunchbox made with loving care by one's wife
to appear all together; to be all present
in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period
for oneself; for one's own sake; on one's own account
slow; clumsy; slow-witted; stupid
totteringly; with tottering steps; toddling
unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
general classification; broad categorization
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
this and that; one thing or another
tournament; knockout tournament (esp. single-elimination); elimination tournament
first game; first round (e.g. of a tournament)
to remove; to get rid of; to clear away; to tear down
annihilation; extermination; (total) destruction; wiping out
prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
(small crunchy) dried sardines
fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron
quitting while one is ahead; running from a rematch after one has won
victory or defeat; victory and defeat
story of one's experiences
to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain (in a place)
to walk behind someone; to follow in someone's footsteps
to begrudge doing; to find bothersome
sentimental; on an emotional level; in one's heart
inferiority complex; sense of inferiority
seriously; in earnest; for real; all out; really; with a will