decisive game; important bout; crucial match
to be on the verge; to be on the brink; to get close
placid; composed; big hearted; broad-minded; great quantity (of something)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
appearing in one's finest clothes; appearing in one's hour of triumph
(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention
victory stand; winners' podium
victory celebration party; victory banquet
put; place; leave; do (in preparation)
Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya
late autumn (fall); (arch.) ninth month of the lunar calendar
shape; appearance; collateral; obverse of an old "zeni" coin
to be torn off; to come off
furniture store; furniture dealer
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
classic (work, esp. book); the classics
modern Japanese; current written style
large triple gate to temple
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
competition rate; success rate; ratio of successful (applicants) to total applicants
(deposit) passbook; bankbook
(bank) balance; remainder
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
top hundred; hundred best
10,000,000,000; ten billion
child benefit; child allowance
10^8; 100,000,000; hundred million
(abbr) Harvard University
university graduate; having graduated from university
highest institute of education
feel (of a material); texture
to all come in (e.g. teeth); to all come out (e.g. seedlings, flowers)
koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres; measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)
to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight