severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
good fortune (esp. omikuji fortune-telling result); good luck; auspiciousness; unspecified day of the month (used to obscure the date a letter, invitation, etc. was written)
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
attack; offence; dominant partner of a homosexual relationship; a barrage of; a flood of
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
fierce fight; close contest
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
index; indices; indicator
exactly as stated; verbatim
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
prize winner; pennant winner; victor
average; mean; balance; equilibrium
national convention; national competition; national athletic meet
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
back; rear; background; behind the scenes
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
one's nature; characteristic; inherent; natural
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
to compete; to bid; to sell at auction
group engaged in some activity (players, companies, forces, etc.)
by all means; by all costs
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
selection; choice; option
flying; leaping; zero; naught; flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo); running out of points (zero or fewer)
type of cleromancy divination (described in the Book of Changes) performed with long sticks; The Book of Changes; Yijing; I Ching
imperial palace; shrine; Grand Empress Dowager; Empress Dowager; woman of imperial lineage who has borne a child; elderly woman of imperial lineage
food; provisions; nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement
working adult; full-fledged member of society
rest period; intermission; break time; recess