first game; first round (of tennis, etc.)
last piece of the day's programme; last act of a play; comic dialogue as the last item in vaudeville, music hall, etc.
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
to carve into; to cut into; to engrave into; to inscribe
traditional; conventional
skill; proficiency; experience; dexterity
earning the first (runs); preoccupation
peace; tranquility; tranquillity; Heian period (794-1185)
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
equal match; good match; fair match; equal in ability; being a worthy rival
dimness; obscurity; indistinctness; unclear; unintelligible
(stage) appearance; performance; participation (e.g. in a tournament)
ability; capacity; capability; physical strength
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
sumo wrestler; rikishi; strong man; Deva king
laws and ordinances; acts (of parliament, congress, etc.)
throwing down; dropping; airdrop; investment
God Warrior (fictional beings in Hayao Miyazaki's manga Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind)
to gather in a circle; to form a circle
sound effect for slurping back up excess saliva (e.g. as stimulated by desire for food)
title; subject; problem (on a test); question; counter for questions (on a test)
camp (supporters of a doctrine, party, etc.); faction (of a party); military camp; encampment; cantonment
rhyming game; play on words; pun
rabbit; hare; coney; cony; lagomorph (esp. leporids)
pressing one's hands together in prayer; triangular frame of a thatched roof; yours sincerely; yours truly
large build; large pattern
Avalokiteshvara (Bodhisattva); Avalokitesvara; Kannon; Kwannon; Guanyin; Buddhist deity of compassion
senior leadership; senior leader; upper echelon (of power); top-ranking officer
-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person
oneself (itself, etc.); I; me; you; by oneself (itself, etc.); interjection expressing anger or chagrin
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
comprehension; understanding; enlightenment; spiritual awakening; satori
chirp; twitter; warble; whale tongue