fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
being the runner-up; finishing second
war or military record; score; military achievements; results
captive; prisoner; victim (of love, etc.); slave (to one's lust, etc.)
neighboring prefectures; nearby prefectures
to excel; to surpass; to exceed; to outweigh; to preponderate
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
funny story; funny anecdote
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
sense of loss; feeling of loss
sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages; counter for cupfuls, bowlfuls, spoonfuls, etc.; counter for boats; counter for octopuses and squid; cup (in sports)
not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
trouble; quarrel; dispute
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)
superscription (on a letter, parcel, etc.); address; overwriting (data, file, etc.)
opening fully; full throttle; full power
lateness; tardiness; arriving late
soundly (of sleeping); (sleeping) like a log
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
sunlight; rays of the Sun
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
to bark; to howl; to howl (e.g. of the wind); to roar; to yell; to cry
this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means
to soothe and humor (humour); to coax
feast; treating (someone); to treat (someone, e.g. to a meal)
to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
naming (esp. of a commercial product or company); branding
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to repaint; to paint again; to break (a record); to rewrite; to remake