first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position
(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse
to pass; to overtake; to leave behind; to pull out; to extract; to remove
decisive game; important bout; crucial match
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
return; reaction; recovery; return (from a procedure)
8th day of the month; eight days
default legal speed limit (in Japan, 60 km/h for cars on ordinary roads, 100 km/h on highways); national speed limit
apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock
to stand in a line; to stand in a row; to be equal
decrepitude; (being) rickety; (state of) falling apart; looseness (in machinery); play
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
to gain in skill; to improve; to get better
to use up (all one's strength, ideas, etc.); to exert oneself; to do one's best
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
to roll; to tumble; to fall over; to roll over; to lie down; to be scattered about; to be lying around
handball (soccer foul); handling (in rugby, handball, etc.); handling (of a vehicle); handling (a situation, matter, etc.); managing (e.g. a team)
team competition; team game
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
kampō; traditional (herbal) medicine based on ancient Chinese medicine
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
medicinal cooking (based on traditional Chinese medicine)
bitter (taste); sour (expression, look); bitter; bitter (e.g. experience); painful
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
to summon courage; to be brave
to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far
reaction; response; reaction
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
good for the health; healthy; wholesome
calm; composed; cool; quiet
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
around the clock; day and night
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
(committing, resorting to) an act of violence
preservation; retainment; keeping
raid; military attack by a mobile unit; hit-and-run attack; shortstop; short
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person